Two dolphins dive to the proper of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft, which had simply splashed down off the coast of Florida.
Suspended by 4 massive orange-and-white parachutes, the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft touches down gently within the blue ocean of the coast of Florida.
A drone shot of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon capsule floating within the ocean surrounded by a pod of dolphins.
Suspended by 4 massive orange-and-white parachutes, the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft touches down gently within the blue ocean of the coast of Florida. The drone pans proper because the chutes drift down.
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A pod of curious dolphins added further that means and porpoise to the restoration of Crew-9′s SpaceX Dragon capsule and its 4 explorers shortly after splashdown.
Contained in the capsule had been astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:57pm ET (2127 UTC) on March 18, 2025, concluding their scientific mission to the Worldwide Area Station.
See Crew-9 return from deorbit to splashdown on this video. (The dolphins seem at 1:33:56.)
