Two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, splashed down off Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday, returning to Earth after a stay on the International Space Station that lasted some nine months longer than they had originally planned.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule deployed large parachutes that gently plopped the spacecraft into the Gulf. Once the capsule was hoisted onto a recovery ship, the hatch was opened, and the beaming crew members were helped to exit the spacecraft. Minutes earlier, a pod of dolphins had been circling the capsule, adding a moment of playfulness to a saga that had attracted national attention since last summer.
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