jsc2025e032542 (March 18, 2025) --- After completing a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Nick Hague returns to Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston with Chief of the Astronaut Office, Joe Acaba and is greeted by Steve Koerner, acting center director. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down at 5:57 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 18, in the Gulf of America near Tallahassee, Florida.