Welcome Home! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Back on Earth After Science Mission
Cardiovascular research in space spans from assessing astronaut heart health to using the space station as a platform to test specialized tech.
The NICER X-ray telescope is reflected on NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague's spacesuit helmet visor in this high-flying "space-selfie." Also, visible in Hague's visor is the camera he is pointing toward himself to take this photograph. During the six-hour spacewalk, Hague patched light leaks on some of NICER's 56 X-ray concentrators that block ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light while allowing X-rays to pass through to the mirrors underneath enabling the observation of neutron stars.
Photographed by Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA, "Cosmic colors at sunrise; never get tired of seeing what the new day brings."
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Mumbai, March 18, 2025: NASA Astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3.27 a.m. India Standard Time (IST) on March 19 Wednesday, concluding their scientific mission to the International Space Station.
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of America, off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. EDT, (2127 UTC on March 18) returning Crew-9 to Earth, according to https://www.nasa.gov.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 completed the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, splashing down safely in a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, in the Gulf of America.
National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, returned to Earth at 5:57 p.m. EDT. Teams aboard SpaceX recovery vessels retrieved the spacecraft and its crew. After returning to shore, the crew will fly to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and reunite with their families.
(Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−04:00), observed during daylight saving time (spring/summer/early autumn in the United States and Canada). IST is 9.5 hours ahead of EDT). India Standard Time (IST) is 9.5 hours ahead of EDT). Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft or launch vehicle in a body of water.
