Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore (right) undocked (left) from the International Space Station (ISS) at 1.05am ET on a craft made by Elon Musk 's SpaceX. The pair, along with NASA's Nick Hague and Russia's Aleksandr Gorbunov, will now make the 17 hour descent back to Earth and, if all goes according to plan, should splash down off the coast of Florida at 5.57pm. NASA livestreamed the extraordinary mission, documenting every key development from the moment the duo were secured in the spacecraft and the hatch door was closed - which took place two hours prior to departure. The astronauts blew kisses at the screen as reality set in that they were finally returning home.
NASA's stranded astronauts are FINALLY on their way home after undocking from International Space Station following nine grueling months... but face harsh reality when they splashdown
