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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: EPA-EFE
Nasa veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave upon their return to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts stuck in space for nine months splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams pose for a photo inside the International Space Station on June 13, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore make pizza aboard the International Space Station on September 9, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
A view of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk on January 30, 2025. File photo: AP
Boeing’s Starliner capsule, carrying Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, sits on top of an Atlas V rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
A SpaceX capsule, carrying four astronauts from the US and Russia, undocks from the International Space Station on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams, together with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are seen inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon their safe return to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo shortly before their mission to the International Space Station on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
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March 19, 2025
Today in Photos

Nasa astronauts return to Earth after being stuck in space for 9 months

Four astronauts, including Nasa veterans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, safely returned to Earth on Tuesday...

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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: EPA-EFE
Nasa veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave upon their return to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts stuck in space for nine months splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams pose for a photo inside the International Space Station on June 13, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore make pizza aboard the International Space Station on September 9, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
A view of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk on January 30, 2025. File photo: AP
Boeing’s Starliner capsule, carrying Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, sits on top of an Atlas V rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
A SpaceX capsule, carrying four astronauts from the US and Russia, undocks from the International Space Station on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams, together with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are seen inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon their safe return to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo shortly before their mission to the International Space Station on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: EPA-EFE
Nasa veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave upon their return to Earth after being stuck in space for nine months. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts stuck in space for nine months splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore (left) and Suni Williams pose for a photo inside the International Space Station on June 13, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore make pizza aboard the International Space Station on September 9, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
A view of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station on July 3, 2024. File photo: Nasa via AP
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk on January 30, 2025. File photo: AP
Boeing’s Starliner capsule, carrying Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, sits on top of an Atlas V rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
A SpaceX capsule, carrying four astronauts from the US and Russia, undocks from the International Space Station on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via AP
Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams, together with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, are seen inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon their safe return to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with four astronauts off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft upon safely returning to Earth on March 18, 2025. Photo: Nasa via Reuters
Nasa astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo shortly before their mission to the International Space Station on June 5, 2024. Photo: AP
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