Nasa astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth after nine months in space.

[Augusta]

A SpaceX Dragon capsule containing Wilmore and Williams, along with Nasa's Nick Hague and Russia’s Aleksandr Gorbunov, descend down off the coast of Florida after a 17-hour descent on Tuesday evening, March 18.

Within an hour, the astronauts were out of their capsule, waving and smiling at the cameras while being hustled away in reclining stretchers for routine medical checks
It brings to an end a mission that was supposed to last for just eight days
"It is awesome to have crew 9 home, just a beautiful landing," said Joel Montalbano, deputy associate administrator, Nasa's Space Operations Mission Directorate.

Thanking the astronauts for their resilience and flexibility, he said SpaceX had been a "great partner".

 

[eLdavis]

That's so awesome, am pretty sure they have so many stories to talk about based on their time outside earth.

 

[Kera]

Those astronauts are actually very resilient. But I don't understand how an 8 days proposed expedition turned to nine months.

 

[magnus2022]

A time will come when humans will have their aerospace and fly into space like they are flying their personal jet or helicopter! A time is coming when the earth will not contain man and his ambition!

 

[Min George]

These are the space explorers that we should celebrate. Not Katy Perry that just flew into orbit for clout.

 

[gwolf666]

The SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully landed off the coast of Florida after a nine-month mission in space. The astronauts emerged smiling and were quickly taken for medical checks, highlighting the excellent collaboration between SpaceX and NASA.