Nasa astronauts Butch and Suni begin return to Earth
The Nasa astronauts prepare to head to Earth after an eight-day mission turned into nine months.
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Their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) was only supposed to last eight days, but their mission was dramatically extended after the spacecraft that they arrived on suffered technical problems.
The pair are travelling back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule along with Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov.
They undocked from the ISS at 05:05 GMT (01:05 EDT) on Tuesday and are set to splash down off the coast of Florida later the same day, at 21:57 GMT (17:57 EDT) .
Their landing time, however, could change if the weather conditions are not good enough.
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