The SpaceX capsule, whose crew was led by the billionaire Jared Isaacman, splashed down near the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday.

The Boeing Starliner that took Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to space recently made a safe return to Earth, but the NASA astronauts are not upset to have not made the trip.

Two NASA astronauts stuck in space say it was hard to see their Boeing capsule leave without them. Their comments from the International Space Station come after last week’s return of the Boeing Starliner capsule that took them to the orbiting lab in June.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who served on Boeing’s Starliner crewed test flight, reflects on the decision to send Starliner home empty and leave them in space.

Boeing Starliner commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and pilot Sunita Williams spoke to reporters from the International Space Station where they will remain until 2025. The Starliner capsule's mission was supposed to last eight days but NASA delayed its return to Earth after facing technical issues.

NASA-Boeing astronaut Butch Wilmore explained on Friday why Starliner returned to Earth, leaving him and Sunita Williams in space. “In this case, we found some things we could just not get comfortable with putting us back in the