Space X Crew 9 that included Astronauts Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore has returned to Earth Successfully after an eight- day mission that was aimed to bring back the crew back. Recently, the video of their landing intercept has gone viral. Beyond the fact that the landing itself is a venture to be regarded as a piece of History, the internet has been going crazy about the welcome the astronauts received from dolphins.
In a recent video that Elon Musk has posted over the internet we can see that Dolphins encircle the shuttle as soon as it lands into the water. The Internet is going gaga over the reaction of the fishes when the carrier shuttle landed in the sea.
Congratulations to the @SpaceX and @NASA teams for another safe astronaut return!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 18, 2025
Thank you to @POTUS for prioritizing this mission! https://t.co/KknFDbh59s
Elon, congratulated space X as well as NASA teams for another safe astronaut return. He further thanks Portus for prioritizing the return. In the video the dolphins were seen around the shuttle as if trying to take a gander upon the shuttle that had landed in the sea.
Before entering the orbit of the Earth at around 28,000 Km/h at an speed of about 420km/h. To initiate the landing safely the shuttle had to slow down enough to drop out of the orbit. It was notified at the start of the mission that an immediate landing was not possible due to the alignment and landing zones and Earth’s Rotation.
For the spacecraft to land gently it has to go through a few critical steps, once the capsule enters the earth its exterior temperature rises significantly and to ensure that the shuttle can land safely the descent has to be controlled through parachutes.
It was imperative that the shuttle performs a critical deorbit burn, to adjust its trajectory to enter the earths; surface with ease. The De-orbit burndown helped the shuttle adjust its trajectory directly towards the splash down site where they were greeted by Dolphins.
Users React Upon The Landing
There are a bunch of dolphins swimming around SpaceX's Dragon capsule. They want to say hi to the Astronauts too! lol pic.twitter.com/sE9bVhgIi1
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) March 18, 2025
Users have been reacting over the landing video, some have said how the fishes were concerned about the vessel, while some are reacting upon how the landing has been able to write a new chapter into the pages of History.
