NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore's wife reveals his toughest battle after 9 months in space. Read on to know how his body is reacting to gravity right now, and other health struggles he is facing

While his family in Texas anxiously awaited updates on when Butch Wilmore would return home, they were able to talk to him during daily video calls.

NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore struggles to stand and walk after his space mission, highlighting the hidden effects of prolonged microgravity on the human body.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

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.

NASA thanked President Trump for the safe return of astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams from the ISS, facilitated by SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. The rescue was made possible through Trump's direct intervention and reflects his administration's commitment to ambitious space exploration.

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Joining the Starliner astronauts for the water landing off the Florida coast at around 5:57 p.m. EDT were NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov – the two Crew-9 astronauts who originally flew aboard the spacecraft to the space station in September.

NASA's Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore are home after being stranded in space for nine months. Find out what went wrong in the astronauts' mission and what's next for them.