NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after an unexpectedly extended mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Originally scheduled for a short stay, their journey stretched beyond nine months due to delays with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have nearly half a century of combined experience as astronauts. But this is just their third time in space. Ms. Williams was born in Ohio but grew up in Massachusetts. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has spent more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. She was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1998.

On an episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Associated Press space writer Marcia Dunn discusses the space odyssey of NASA’s two stuck astronauts.