Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams joined Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov for their long-awaited return to Earth.

Stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are scheduled to fly back to Earth on Tuesday — ending their extended, nine-month stay in space. The NASA astronauts, who were originally supposed to be in space for only a week,

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were scheduled to return home last year before issues with Boeing’s spacecraft extended their stay.