The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft descended under parachute from a bright blue sky, plopping into sparkling clear water off the Gulf Coast of Florida south of Tallahassee. The nine-month journey of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had finally come to an end.

The NASA astronauts have been in the news (and in everyone's thoughts) since a problem with a Boeing Starliner craft extended their mission to the International Space Station by many months. They were supposed to return to Earth in mid-June after just 8 days in space,