Butch Wilmore and SUNY Williams, the two crew members who
spent the last nine months in space, just touching back
down off the coast of Florida in a SpaceX capsule.
The two were originally supposed to be at the International
Space Station for a little over a week.
Let's let's watch this moment.
I'm sure that the Dragon spacecraft slows down even further.
As we mentioned, Freedom will be travelling 16 mph when
it splashes down off the coast of Tallahassee, FL here
at 2:57 PM Pacific Time this afternoon.
And there we go, We have visual on 4 healthy
main.
That view was from inside.
That view is from inside one of the buckets where
the parachutes are located.
So we see a great view there of the reefing
on those parachutes and as those parachutes, those main parachutes
begin to inflate fully.
4 beautiful healthy names now awaiting visuals of splashdown.
We'll start to hear Commander Nick Hague, copy 1000.
As we heard right there, Commander Nick Hague will be
calling out the altitude of the Dragon capsule from here
on out.
Landing in water is simpler and provides more margin against
unlikely parachute issues.
You can see those those parachutes continuing to slow the
Dragon capsule down.
And if you're just joining us, you're looking at 800
meters.
A live view of Crew 9 just minutes away from
splashing down off the coast of Tallahassee, FL Splashed down
2 minutes from now at 2:57 PM Pacific.
We do have 4 healthy mains really doing the job.
They're just breathtaking views of a calm glass like ocean
off the coast of Tallahassee, FL Crew 9 just minutes
away from splashing down.
This is really such an incredible shot.
That was 600.
That was a live view from our recovery vessel, Megan,
which is stationed a couple miles away from the splashdown
site.
We can see the crew there using their their restraints
as resting places for their arms.
They were just in space moments ago, so their arms
were able to float freely.
400 meters.
This is a gorgeous Bluebird day here that we have
for the splashdown of Crew 9.
It's incredible to think that the Dragon capsule just minutes
ago was going over 17,117 thousand mph and now gently
coasting to a soft splashdown.
200 copy 200 meters.
Brace for splashdown.
As you can see there on your screen, continuing to
monitor progress of the Dragon spacecraft.
And we're going to stand by for Splashdown, located in
the Gulf of America off the coast of Tallahassee, FL
and Splashdown Crew 9 back on Earth.