NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth from a weeklong mission at the International Space Station that turned into an unexpectedly extended stay.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore came back after being up for nine months on the International Space Station. Their prolonged presence because of the Boeing Starliner failure questioned how much they made and what pay they received when they were away in space.