Talk about a delayed check-out! 🌍✨ NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams finally touched down on Earth this week after an unplanned nine-month stay in space — all thanks to their Boeing Starliner spacecraft’s unexpected tech hiccup. Their journey home? A smooth splashdown in a SpaceX capsule off Florida’s coast, wrapping up a mission that was supposed to last just one week. 🪐
Within an hour, the duo was out of their craft, flashing victory waves and grins to cameras before heading off for medical checks. Proving once again that space is full of surprises, the astronauts’ extended stay has sparked buzz about engineering challenges — and human resilience. 💪
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NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
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