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Dolphins "welcome" NASA astronauts to Earth

2025-03-19 17:47:16Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Dolphins "welcome" NASA astronauts to Earth
NASA astronauts landing in the Gulf of Mexico

Two NASA astronauts have finally returned to Earth after being stranded on the International Space Station for 286 days. Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams touched down on the Florida coast at 10:57 p.m. along with Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Shortly after the Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts landed in the Gulf of Mexico, a group of dolphins surrounded the SpaceX spacecraft.

Among the capsule passengers who received this unusual welcome were Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams, American astronauts who finally returned to Earth after spending nine months on the International Space Station (ISS), instead of the eight days their stay was originally scheduled to last.

When they boarded Elon Musk's company's spacecraft earlier that day, the four astronauts had no idea that a welcoming marine committee of cute dolphins would be waiting for them at their landing site.

Their unexpected presence was commented on by Kate Tice, head of the quality systems engineering department, who was speaking at the time on SpaceX's live broadcast.

"On your screen you see dolphins, who want to get close to Dragon to play with it," Tice is heard saying, shortly after the first fins appear around the capsule.

The dolphins – about six in number – remained around the area for several minutes as the SpaceX recovery crew checked the area for hazardous fumes and prepared to transport the spacecraft to a barge.

Nine months in space

Wilmore and Williams arrived at the ISS in June aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. They were supposed to stay there for eight days, but technical problems forced the US space agency to change its plans.

Starliner's technical problems forced NASA to turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX. In late September, NASA and SpaceX sent two astronauts into space instead of the four originally planned, in order to leave seats available for Wilmore and Williams on the return trip.

The latter were awaiting the next crew change at the International Space Station, which was initially scheduled for February and then postponed to mid-March, in order to leave the space laboratory.


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