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.

Two NASA astronauts who have been in space for more than nine months awaiting a return trip to Earth are finally set to come home this week. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who have been aboard the International Space Station since June of last year — welcomed the SpaceX Crew-10 mission with four new astronauts who are set to relieve them of their current space duties to the space station on Sunday.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will return to Earth after an extended stay at the ISS. They were delayed because of issues with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. They are set to arrive on Tuesday,