Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station after nine months in space, checking out with two other astronauts. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening,

When young, aspiring astronauts dream about shooting off into space in a rocket ship, their minds rarely wander to worst case scenario situations. Instead, they fantasize about discovering life on other planets,

In comparison, bankers in New York make an average of $111,000 annually, without the risk of being exposed to an indefinite stay in dark, noiseless, uninhabited space.