The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams hit the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, just before 6 p.m.

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after their SpaceX capsule spectacularly splashed down off the coast of Florida. Williams and Wilmore returned to Earth after the pair endured an unexpected extended stay on the International Space Station.

The two NASA astronauts whose eight-day stopover on the International Space Station (ISS) turned into a nine-and-a-half-month mission are finally back on Earth. On Tuesday at 5:57 pm EDT, SpaceX Dragon Freedom splashed down off the coast of Tallahassee,