India, March 19 -- The White House on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump kept the 'promise' of ensuring the return of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Williams back to Earth after remaining stuck in space for nine months.

In its X post, the White House shared the footage of the moment when SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Florida, bringing back the two astronauts who stayed in space for 286 days, and ending all anxieties over their return.

The White House wrote: "PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: President Trump pledged to rescue the astronauts stranded in space for nine months."

"Today, they safely splashed down in the Gulf of America, thanks to @ElonMusk, @SpaceX, and @NASA!" the X post said.

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