NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Splashdown: New Images | International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Splashdown: New Images | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata is seen after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft

Wakata is seen inside an elevator onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon

NASA Astronaut Josh Cassada is helped onto a helicopter onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon

Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) is helped onto a helicopter onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon

Support teams raise the SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft onto the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon shortly after it landed

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft is seen as it lands

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endurance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, at 9:02 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 11, 2023, after 157 days in space.

Teams on the Shannon recovery ship, including two fast boats, secured the Dragon and ensured the spacecraft was safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams completed their work, the recovery ship moved into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck of Shannon with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew was removed from the spacecraft and receive medical checks before taking a helicopter ride to Tampa to board a plane for Houston. 

Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Image Date: March 11, 2023

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