The two, along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are expected to land in the water off the coast of Florida at 3:57 MDT Tuesday. NASA moved the return flight up a day to bring the crew back to Earth ahead of an anticipated weather system headed for the Florida coast.

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.