Butch Wilmore praised his pastors and talked about how essential worshiping with his Earth-bound congregation was while he was stranded in space for nine months.

All told, Williams and Wilmore traveled more than 121 million miles during their mission, spent 286 days in space, and completed 4,576 Earth orbits.

The two NASA astronauts tell us how they handled the unexpected after a ten day test flight turned into a nine month stay in space.

NASA astronauts stranded in the International Space Station for 278 days say they want to share their input with Boeing. (AP Video by Lekan Oyekanmi

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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.

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,

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months, closed the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon capsule Monday night to begin their journey back to Earth.