The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft descended under parachute from a bright blue sky, plopping into sparkling clear water off the Gulf Coast of Florida south of Tallahassee. The nine-month journey of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had finally come to an end.

NASA officials from Houston, Texas, spoke about the successful splashdown of SpaceX's Crew-9. That included NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were aboard the International Space Station for nearly nine months longer than scheduled.