‘Butch and Suni’ astronauts prepare for Tuesday homecoming after nine-month mission

A Crew Dragon capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be their ride home, part of a contingency plan devised by NASA last year.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, are scheduled to begin their return to Earth early on Tuesday morning on a long-awaited flight home to cap an unusual mission.