Few more pics from NASA of the ISS Crew-9 splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday.

1. Dolphins performing their own inspections 🐬🐬🐬

2. The helicopter carrying NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov takes off from the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN off the coast of Tallahassee, FL.

3. Astronauts arrive at Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston at 11:19 pm CDT, March 18.

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20250318 NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Splashdown

Explore this photo album by NASA HQ PHOTO on Flickr!

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The Dolphin Space Force!
Lot more intelligent than the current United States Space Force (see post #8).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5xcvAoKojo&t=4s&pp=ygUkVGhlIE1vc3QgSW50ZWxsaWdlbnQgQmVpbmdzIG9uIEVhcnRo0gcJCU8JAYcqIYzv
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The Most Intelligent Beings on Earth | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | BBC Studios

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 reports that
"The trunk section jettisoned by Dragon Crew 9 prior to deorbit on Mar 18 reentered near Agadir, Morocco at 2241 UTC Mar 24.
No reports yet of debris found.
This is the last Dragon trunk to be intentionally left in orbit for uncontrolled reentry."

In subsequent missions, the trunk will be released after the deorbit burn for a controlled entry over the Pacific ocean.

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Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589.bsky.social)

The trunk section jettisoned by Dragon Crew 9 prior to deorbit on Mar 18 reentered near Agadir, Morocco at 2241 UTC Mar 24. No reports yet of debris found. This is the last Dragon trunk to be intentionally left in orbit for uncontrolled reentry.

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