Following a week-long trip to the International Space Station that unexpectedly turned into months, two NASA astronauts are finally set to come back down to Earth this week. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are slated to depart from their home of the last nine months in a SpaceX Dragon capsule shortly after 1 a.

The Starliner crew was originally meant to stay on board the ISS for a week, but issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft severely delayed their 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. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams