Commander Nick Hague and Mission Specialist Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov disembarked the NASA Gulf-stream 550 Jet and gave opening statements and answered
media questions in this highly unusual situation with a crew change weeks ago by NASA to only send up two crew members in order to bring back the two Boeing Starliner astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams (six months later). They will now have to ride back on a SpaceX Dragon capsule after their Boeing Starliner capsule calypso did safely come back to Earth uncrewed landing at White Sands Arizona after NASA pulled them from the return trip to due to concerns with helium leaks and thruster issues.