By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come with changes to human physiology and psychology.

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, are set to return, with splashdown expected off the coast of Florida around 5:57 p.