Finally home: Crew-9, Boeing Starliner astronauts, splash down off Gulf Coast of Florida
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft descended under parachute from a bright blue sky, plopping into sparkling clear water off the Gulf Coast of Florida south of Tallahassee. The nine-month journey of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had finally come to an end.
What we know: NASA SpaceX Crew-9 to return Tuesday with 'stuck' Starliner astronauts
Wilmore and Williams will return on the SpaceX Dragon Freedom, the same spacecraft that transported the Crew-9 astronauts to the ISS. The astronauts' return is not a rescue mission, as their extended stay was planned last summer to accommodate crew rotation and space station operations.
After splashing down off the coast of Florida, the latest crew to return from the International Space Station arrived by jet ...
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and her Crew-9 team returned safely to Earth after a nine-month mission aboard the ISS.
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Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)A pod of dolphins gave the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission a warm welcome after their capsule splashed down in the ...
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