NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore's daughter celebrates dad's return after 9 months stuck in space

After nine long months of waiting, TikToker Daryn Wilmore finally got to say something she’s dreamed of for the better part of a year: Her father, NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, is no longer stuck in space.

After nine long months of waiting, TikToker Daryn Wilmore finally got to say something she’s dreamed of for the better part of a year: Her father, NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, is no longer stuck in space.

“Hi, everyone. Welcome to the very final installment of ‘My Dad is Stuck in Space,’ because he’s not anymore,” Daryn Wilmore said in a TikTok video posted Wednesday.

What was planned to be a one week stay on the International Space Station turned into more than nine months after Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced technical issues. The duo splashed down off Florida around 5:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday after spending 286 days on the orbiting station.

Sporting a blue Starliner T-shirt, Daryn Wilmore shared her excitement about how she plans to celebrate her long-awaited reunion with her father.

“We’re not having a party for him,” Daryn Wilmore said. “We might want to go to my uncle’s house. ... We might just have a little get-together with a few close friends, but no big party or anything. I’m making him his favorite dessert, which is pecan pie.”