Their return wraps up about three and half days spent in space, completing the first crewed mission to fly a polar orbit around Earth. "We have confirmation of splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft.

The crew capsule encountered technical issues and was sent back to Earth without the astronauts. Their eight-day stay became a months-long stay. The pair hitched a ride back on a SpaceX Dragon ...

"Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, Nick, Suni, Butch, and Aleks!" SpaceX wrote. An announcer also states, "And Splashdown! Crew 9, back on earth" as applause and cheers are ...

The Dragon uses two sets of parachutes to slow down from 17,500 mph as it enters Earth's atmosphere to a few miles per hour for splashdown. "Here on your screen, we can see dolphins, actually ...

Dragon will reenter the Earth's atmosphere and splash down in ~17 hours." After a scrubbed attempt last week, the mission had lifted off Friday evening from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and ...

above Earth, toward the thick inner layer of our planet's atmosphere. Around 5 p.m. ET, the Crew Dragon capsule began firing its engines to begin the final phase of the journey: reentry.