Crew-9 Dragon splashes down with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams after 286 days, ending their stay begun on Starliner

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Crew Dragon splashed down off Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18 at 5:57 p.m. EDT, bringing home Nick Hague, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore. Williams and Wilmore had spent 286 days in orbit after launching June 6, 2024, on Boeing's Starliner test flight, which returned to Earth without them due to capsule issues.

• Splashdown off Tallahassee, Florida, March 18, 5:57 p.m. EDT.
• Williams and Wilmore: 286 days in space (launched June 6, 2024, on Starliner test flight).
• Hague and Gorbunov: 171 days (arrived September 29, 2024).
• Starliner returned without Williams and Wilmore due to capsule anomalies; crew swapped to Dragon for return.