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While their safe arrival is being celebrated across mainstream media, conspiracy theorists and skeptics are taking to social media to argue that there have been several inconsistencies in the narrative

NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Sunita Williams, and Butch Wilmore, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, returned to Earth on Tuesday. In a post on 'X,' Naidu expressed his delight at their safe return, praising their journey as a testament to human determination and teamwork.

Chiranjeevi welcomed astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth, calling their return a "historic and heroic homecoming." He praised their 286-day space journey and 4,577 orbits as an "unmatched thriller" and a "true blue blockbuster," applauding SpaceX Dragon and Crew-9 for their safe return.

Williams and Wilmore had originally launched aboard NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test on June 5 last year for what was supposed to be an eight-day mission to the International Space Station

Williams and Wilmore initially launched to the ISS on June 6, 2024, aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. However, after a malfunction in the spacecraft, they were left stranded.

The group, part of NASA/SpaceX’s Crew-9, was brought back by SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, which safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:27 a.m.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying them and two other astronauts—Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—splashed down into the waters off the coast of Florida state just minutes before 6 p.m., as NASA had announced.

While other astronauts had logged longer spaceflights over the decades, none had to deal with so much uncertainty or see the length of their mission expand by so much as these two

NASA will be live-streaming the Dragon’s return, as part of its joint programme with SpaceX, called NASA’s SpaceX Crew 9 mission

NASA has confirmed that the duo, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth on Tuesday evening

The four newcomers — representing the US, Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams

The Dragon spacecraft took off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 7:03 pm ET on Friday (4.33 am on Saturday IST)

The launch, originally planned for today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff due to a hydraulic system issue with a ground support clamp arm on the rocket

Williams and Wilmore have been stuck in space since June last year due to technical problems with Boeing's Starliner which took them to ISS

The astronauts shared that NASA has provided them with food items like butternut squash, apples, sardines, and smoked turkey for the occasion

SpaceX launched rescue mission with downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Wilmore and Williams, who will return next year

Both the astronauts, including Butch Wilmore, emphasised the significance of fulfilling their civic duty despite being in orbit

NASA says it's too risky to bring them back in Boeing's troubled new capsule, and they'll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX

As Boeing works to resolve Starliner’s issues and bring Wilmore and Williams home safely, the dark side of space capitalism is coming to light

NASA to take a call on Saturday on the new capsule to bring two astronauts from the ISS, where they've been waiting since June