Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

The pair waved and smiled as they emerged from the SpaceX Dragon, which splashed down off the coast of Florida.

After a week-long trip to the International Space Station ballooned into a nine-month stay, NASA astronauts Barry (Butch) Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally home.