In its preparation to return from the International Space State, NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 had a successful deorbit burn to initiate its landing near Florida.

NASA removed two astronauts from its Crew-9 mission to allow for Williams and Wilmore to join the cohort, and return onboard the SpaceX Dragon − which carries four people at a time. The altered Crew-9 − only Hague and Gorbunov − launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom in late September.