NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Re-Entry and Splashdown
Watch with us as the four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission—NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—return to Earth.
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore began their mission at the International Space Station on June 6, 2024, arriving aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov arrived at the station on Sept. 29, 2024. Hague and Gorbunov launched to space aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft, which was docked to the station since its arrival in September, and has since brought Crew-9 back home.
2:24 Return coverage begins
6:41 Meet the crew
28:14 Deorbit burn start
1:05:20 First views from WB-57 aircraft
1:09:37 Drogue chutes deploy
1:10:31 Main chutes deploy
1:12:00 Splashdown
1:33:56 Dolphins
1:38:33 Hoist
1:53:45 Hatch open
1:57:09 Crew egress
See the full schedule for Crew-9’s return to Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/4iWeg8N
Learn more about Crew-9’s scientific mission: https://go.nasa.gov/4bWdt5u
Follow the latest Crew-9 mission updates: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew
Credit: NASA
