NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally returned to Earth after spending a total of 286 days in space MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty It was a momentous homecoming for ...

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US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months for what was supposed to be a 10-day trip — are finally earthbound.

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Stranded in space for months longer than planned, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have become unlikely household names. Their unexpected extended stay aboard the International Space ...

They shared the ride home with two outgoing space station crewmates, Crew-9 commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. Seventeen hours after undocking from the International ...