Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams are set to return to Earth after nearly 300 days in space, far exceeding their original 8-day mission plan.

NASA stated that if weather permits, the SpaceX capsule carrying Wilmore, Williams and two other astronauts will undock from the space station early Tuesday and splash down off Florida's coast later that evening.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams embarked on what was originally planned as an eight-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). However, due to unforeseen technical issues,