SpaceX completes night splashdown to return four astronauts from International Space Station – ABC News

SpaceX has safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station, making the first US crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968.

• The 167-day mission was the longest for astronauts launching from the US
• SpaceX chose a night-time splashdown to take advantage of calm weather
• The US Coast Guard enforced an exclusion zone around the capsule

The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3:00am local time, ending…

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