NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams set out for a weeklong mission at the International Space Station last year. After nine months, they are coming home.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, closed the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon capsule Monday night to begin their journey back to Earth.

NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally on their way home after more than nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule early Tuesday,