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A spacecraft with four extended parachutes lands in the ocean while two small boats move towards the spacecraft.

Down to Earth

NASA astronauts and retired Navy Capts. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, astronaut and Space Force Col. Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov land in a Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., March 18, 2025. Williams and Wilmore returned to Earth following nine months on the International Space Station.

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