<ul><li>NASA and SpaceX undocked Crew-9 from the International Space Station, beginning their 17-hour journey back to Earth.</li><li>Dragon Freedom spacecraft undocked at 1:05 a.m. EDT to splash down along Florida's Gulf Coast around 5:57 p.m. EDT.</li><li>Crew-9, consisting of NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, spent 171 days in space.</li><li>NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who arrived on the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, will also return after 286 days in space.</li></ul>

NASA, SpaceX undock Crew-9 from space station, begin 17-hour journey to Earth

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