NASA Crew-9 Homecoming in Houston | Johnson Space Center

NASA Crew-9 Homecoming in Houston | Johnson Space Center

NASA astronaut Suni Williams is welcomed home by Acting Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Steve Koerner

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore is welcomed home by fellow NASA astronauts

Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia steps off the plane at at Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, Texas

NASA astronaut Nick Hague is welcomed home by Acting Director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Steve Koerner

Home sweet home! 🏠 Welcome home, Butch, Suni, Nick, & Aleksandr! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 touched down at Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, Texas at 11:19 pm CDT, March 18, 2025, after their International Space Station mission and successful splashdown earlier this afternoon. 

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft landed off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia aboard. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International Space Station. 

Hague and Gorbunov have been at the International Space Station since Sept. 29, 2024, while Williams and Wilmore arrived on June 6. This completes a stay in space of 171 days for Hague and Gorbunov and 286 days for Williams and Wilmore.  

On the main deck of the recovery ship, the crew exited their Dragfon spacecraft. They underwent medical checks before a short helicopter ride to board a plane for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. These are photos of the plane's arrival at Ellington Field.

Next up will be the arrival of the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space Station due to launch on April 8, 2025, carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky of Russia. Kim and Zubritsky will be beginning their first space mission while Ryzhikov will be serving on his third expedition to the orbiting lab.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA/JSC
Capture Date: March 18, 2025
Release Date: March 19, 2025

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