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Problems with Boeing’s Starliner capsule forced Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to stay on the International Space Station far longer than planned. At long last, the astronauts are en route back to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. Along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Williams and Wilmore departed the space station early Tuesday at 1:05 a.m. ET. The group of four, known as Crew-9, is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida around 5:57 p.m. ET.

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