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The mission will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, which no human crew for SpaceX has done before.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The splashdown came after Wilmore and Williams boarded the Dragon Freedom with the Crew-9 team to undock from the ISS Harmony module, a port and passageway onto the station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made splashdown on Earth on Tuesday after spending nine months in space.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
After splashdown, Musk offered his congratulations via X. NASA’s Joel Montalbano said the space agency was already looking at various options when Trump made his call to hurry the astronauts home.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The splashdown came after Wilmore and Williams boarded the Dragon Freedom with the Crew-9 team to undock from the ISS Harmony module, a port and passageway onto the station.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore made splashdown on Earth on Tuesday after spending nine months in space.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
After splashdown, Musk offered his congratulations via X. NASA’s Joel Montalbano said the space agency was already looking at various options when Trump made his call to hurry the astronauts home.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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