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SpaceX Astronauts Return to Earth in 1st Splashdown Landing in the Dark Since Apollo 8
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2:13Now PlayingSpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first US crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.
The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3am (0700GMT), ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.
It was an express trip home, lasting just 6 1/2 hours.
The astronauts, three American and one Japanese, flew back in the same capsule - named Resilience - in which they launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in November.
“We welcome you back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX,” SpaceX's Mission Control radioed moments after splashdown. “For those of you enrolled in our frequent flyer program, you've earned 68 million miles on this voyage.”
“We'll take those miles,” said spacecraft commander Mike Hopkins. “Are they transferable?” SpaceX replied that the astronauts would have to check with the company's marketing department.
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