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Nasa astronauts return to Earth after nine months stuck in space

Marcia Dunn

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Stuck in space no more, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to end a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.

Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, just hours after leaving the International Space Station.

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