Dolphins surrounded the SpaceX capsule after it landed in the ocean on the NASA astronauts' successful journey home after ...

A pod of dolphins joined the welcome crew March 18, 2025, splashing around the SpaceX capsule as a team worked to remove the ...

It was a homecoming that made everyone – and everything – flip for joy.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore got a warm welcome from a pod of dolphins when they returned from nine months ...

Williams and Wilmore finally returned to Earth on Tuesday after nine extra months aboard the International Space Station to ...

“I see a capsule full of grins ear to ear.” This isn’t the first time dolphins have had a front-row seat as astronauts return to Earth. In 2021, one single dolphin was photographed swimming ...

When they climbed aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship on Tuesday, cruised through Earth orbit all day ... "Here on your screen, we can see dolphins, actually, who want to come and play ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Four astronauts received a welcome only possible on Earth after returning from the International Space Station as curious dolphins swam up to their SpaceX spacecraft bobbing in 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.

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 ...