Dolphins swim close to SpaceX's Crew-9 capsule shortly after splashdown on Tuesday, March 18. NASA A pod of curious dolphins showed up to greet the returning SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts shortly after ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams successfully returned back to Earth after nine months in space on Tuesday, March 18 NASA astronauts Butch ... the group of dolphins swimming near the capsule ...

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams ... Dolphins greeted the capsule as it bobbed in the water, with a pod of them swimming around the spacecraft. This image taken from video provided ...

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ..." That's what noncontroversial space travel seems like this week after the return to Earth of two astronauts following an unplanned extended stay at ...

with the astronauts splashing down to 78 degrees Fahrenheit weather. A pod of curious dolphins was also seen swimming around the capsule as ground crews were preparing the capsule to be opened ...

It’s not the first time wildlife have visited astronauts just after they returned to Earth. In 2021, photographers captured a lone dolphin swimming near the recovery boats headed to pick up the ...

dolphins-eye view of the SpaceX Dragon capsule? Four astronauts, including NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, returned to Earth Tuesday evening off Florida's Gulf Coast, south of Tallahassee.

a beautiful and unexpected greeting awaited the astronauts. Dolphins were spotted swimming around the Dragon capsule while it was being retrieved from the ocean. The playful marine mammals circled ...