SpaceX Astronauts Return to Earth in Rare Nighttime Splashdown of The Dragon Capsule Into the Gulf of Mexico! Video Goes Viral

SpaceX returned four astronauts from the International Space Station in a rare nighttime splashdown of The Dragon Capsule and the video is now going viral. It marks the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The splashdown took place in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City before 3 a.m.

Nighttime Splashdown of The Dragon Capsule (Photo Credits: Twitter/SpaceX)

SpaceX returned four astronauts from the International Space Station in a rare nighttime splashdown of The Dragon Capsule and the video is now going viral. It marks the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The splashdown took place in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City before 3 a.m. This ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.

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