(3-18-25) The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four Crew 9 members, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, undocked from the International Space Station at 1:05 a.m. EDT today and they arrested headed for a splashdown off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of America at 5:57 p.m. EST tonight.


Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who had been in space since June 2024

Wilmore and Williams, who arrived at the ISS in June 2024, originally were expected to stay in space for no more than 10 days, but their return was delayed after their spacecraft encountered mechanical issues. After weeks of troubleshooting, the spacecraft was sent back to Earth without them — and since then, their return home has continually been pushed back.

In January—