Astronauts return to Earth after months stranded in orbit (VIDEO)

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spent nine months in space instead of eight days, as was originally planned

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams safely returned to Earth on Tuesday, landing in the ocean off Florida’s coast in a SpaceX capsule. Their journey came nine months after a malfunction in their Boeing Starliner spacecraft extended what was originally planned to be a week-long stay aboard the International Space Station.