Important Takeaways:

• NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on their way home Tuesday after being stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) orbital laboratory for 286 days.
• Their return is thanks in no small part to the combined drive and ambition of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk to “go get them.”
• UPI reports the pair of astronauts along with Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were aboard the SpaceX capsule as it detached from the ISS at 1:05 a.m. EDT, putting them on the 17-hour flight back to Earth.
• The SpaceX Dragon is expected to splash down off the coast of Florida at about 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.
• As Breitbart News reported, in a viral video shared by both Trump and Musk, the astronauts thanked the dynamic pair for their unstinting support in bringing them back to Earth after their troubles began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago.
• The 286 days Williams and Wilmore spent in space is among the longest single space missions in NASA history, but well behind the record of 371 days held by astronaut Frank Rubio.
• The successful return of the astronauts, both retired Navy captains, will mark another milestone for Musk’s SpaceX and his close working relationship with the president.
• Both astronauts have thanked Musk and Trump for their efforts.

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