After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams have finally arrived back on Earth. Their stay on the International Space Station, or the ISS, was only supposed to last eight days, but their mission was dramatically extended after the spacecraft they arrived on, called Starliner, began to have technical problems. Starliner was sent back to Earth empty in September 2024, so Butch and Sonny needed an alternative spacecraft to take them home. Nine months after they arrived, they're finally back.
They splashed down into the ocean off the coast of Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Let's have a look at our first headline. This one is from The Independent in the UK. NASA's stranded astronauts finally begin return to Earth after being stuck in space for months. And that headline again from The Independent. NASA's stranded astronauts finally begin return to Earth after being stuck in space for months.
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