Boeing astronauts depart ISS after nine-month stay - in pictures
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship Megan. AFP
Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan. EPA
Dolphins swim around the Dragon capsule with the SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts aboard after splashdown. AFP
Villagers dance as they celebrate the safe return of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams at a temple in her ancestral village, Jhulasan in Gujarat, India. AP
Support teams working around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed. AFP
Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov and Nasa astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams before closing the hatch in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth. Photo: Nasa / Reuters
Mr Wilmore and Ms Williams sit inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in preparation for undocking from the ISS to begin their return to Earth. Photo: Nasa / Reuters
The astronauts depart International Space Station after a nine-month stay. Photo: Nasa
They are expected to splashdown off the coast of Florida on March 19, 1.57am, GST. Photo: Nasa
The SpaceX Dragon capsule as seen from the ISS. Photo: Nasa
