NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are about to return to Earth from the International Space Station, where they have been living for nine months in a drawn-out mission fraught with technical challenges,

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.

A Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Center early Tuesday, sending NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore on their way home after being stranded on the orbital laboratory for nine months.

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and NASA astronaut Nick Hague,

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Butch Wilmore are about to fly home after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station. Flying on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, the astronauts are expected to splash down Tuesday evening.