This is after slowing down from the orbiting speed of 17,500 mph to a gentle 15 mph, as it splashes down into the ocean. Splashdown is expected off the Gulf Coast of Florida, South of Tallahassee.

Long-delayed Starliner astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams and two space station crewmates braced for a fiery plunge back to Earth on Tuesday to finally close out a repeatedly extended nine-and-a-half-month space odyssey.