On Tuesday, two NASA astronauts who had been in orbit since June, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, splashed down in calm, azure waters off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, concluding a saga that had captivated the country since last summer.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are set to arrive home on SpaceX after spending 9 months on the ISS after Boeing’s Starliner was sent back empty.