NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore returned to Earth on Tuesday after spending some nine months in space. The big picture: The astronauts traveled to the International Space Station last June 2024 as part of the Boeing Starliner's first crewed test flight,

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams ended up spending 286 days in space — 278 days longer than anticipated when they launched. They circled Earth 4,576 times and traveled 121 million miles by the time of splashdown.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have finally returned to Earth after spending nine months in space on a mission that was supposed to last just eight days. The duo left Earth in June 2024 on a mission to test Boeing Starliner's capsule.