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Dolphins surround Dragon capsule after successful splashdown

Updated 16:00, 19-Mar-2025
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee in the Florida panhandle.

This comes nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner spacecraft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

Dolphins circled the capsule as divers readied it for hoisting onto the recovery ship. 

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