The unplanned welcome crew!
— NASA's Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) March 18, 2025
Crew-9 had some surprise visitors after splashing down this afternoon.🐬 pic.twitter.com/yuOxtTsSLV
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had planned to be on the International Space Station for only eight days and ended up stranded in space for nine months when their transportation plans fell through. But on Tuesday, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rescued and delivered them home in a spashdown off the western coast of Florida.
When they arrived, USA Today reports, a pod of dolphins surrounded the craft. They splashed about as the retrieval team harnessed the pod to bring it to the awaiting ship.
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