Check Out The First Images Of Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore On Earth After 9 Months

SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico early on Wednesday with astronauts Sunita Williams, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Nick Hague, and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore.

Astronauts Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Nick Hague, and Sunita Williams.

Dragon capsule enters the Earth's atmosphere. Behind it is a trail of plasma ions. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

The four astronauts aboard the Dragon space capsule brace for re-entry. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Drogue parachutes deployed to slow down the Dragon as it enters the Earth's atmosphere (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

View of the parachutes' deployment from the Dragon. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Dragon spacecraft with its main parachutes deployed just before splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America). (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Splashdown! Dragon capsule splashes down smoothly marking the safe return of four astronauts from the International Space Station. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

A recovery tug approaches the Dragon after splashdown. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

A view of the burn marks on the Dragon capsule's hull. The burns were sustained during the re-entry, when the spacecraft endured temperatures of nearly 2,000 degrees Celsius. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

An aerial view of NASA's space capsule recovery vessel Megan approaching the Dragon. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

The Dragon-9 capsule hauled onboard NASA recovery vessel Megan. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Dragon Commander Nick Hague was the first to step out of the capsule. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Aleksandr Gorbunov waves and smiles as he is helped onto the mobility aid. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Sunita Williams was the third to step out of the space capsule. (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)

Butch Wilmore steps out last and is being taken to the medical bay onboard the Megan (Photo Credit: YouTube@NASA)