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WATCH: Dolphins Greet Astronauts at SpaceX Capsule Splashdown!
PJ Media ^ | 03/18/2025 | Paula Bolyard

Posted on 03/18/2025 8:27:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

It was a picture-perfect splashdown as American astronauts Suni Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore finally arrived home after spending 286 days in space. They were accompanied by two SpaceX Dragon crew members who assisted in the rescue.

And not only was the weather perfect in the Gulf of America off the coast of Florida today, but the astronauts on Crew-9 were greeted by a curious pod of dolphins!

Dolphins really pulled up to the splashdown like they were the rescue crew pic.twitter.com/IPw05BPrUE— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) March 18, 2025

The recovery crew was all business, focused on retrieving the astronauts from the vessel, but they no doubt were tickled pink to see the playful mammals near their boat. 

        [UPDATES] Stranded Astronauts Return to Earth

The astronauts are currently going through the standard medical evaluations, but they all looked happy and healthy when the door to the space capsule opened. 

JUST IN: Suni Williams is seen being helped up after exiting the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

This is her first time feeling gravity on Earth in *9 months.*

That must be an insane feeling.pic.twitter.com/eqETiEyMUN— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 18, 2025

In an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham this evening, President Trump lamented that former President Biden had left the astronauts in space for so long. 


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dolphins; spacex
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1 posted on 03/18/2025 8:27:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I loved this!

Thank you so much for posting :)


2 posted on 03/18/2025 8:31:36 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: SeekAndFind

This just in...
A federal judge just ordered dolphins worldwide to not have any associations with Trump/Musk rescued astronauts...


3 posted on 03/18/2025 8:34:05 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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4 posted on 03/18/2025 8:36:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: RandallFlagg

Uh, that would be Federal Judge Boasberg with a verbal order only. What a mooch.


5 posted on 03/18/2025 8:42:49 PM PDT by healy61
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To: SeekAndFind

That was the coolest event to see…all of it. From the space station to Dragon splashing down in the Gulf of America while being greeted by a pod of dolphins!
Just amazing!🥰


6 posted on 03/18/2025 8:47:43 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

That was pretty cool.


7 posted on 03/18/2025 8:48:18 PM PDT by joesbucks
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To: SeekAndFind

Dolphins are so smart even they support Conservative
activity. Where were the dolphins over the last four
years?

WELL?

LOL


8 posted on 03/18/2025 8:52:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegence to the flag of te USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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FULL splashdown and recovery of NASA returning astronauts
LiveNOW
Mar 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlWwwH5Zk6k

Watch Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to earth on Tuesday as they splashed down off the coast of Florida and were retrieved by NASA and SpaceX vehicles. Some dolphins also came to the rescue.


9 posted on 03/18/2025 8:55:03 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: RandallFlagg
...VERY FUNNY!
10 posted on 03/18/2025 8:58:06 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: SeekAndFind

Elon sent DOGE dolphins to keep sharks away, and make it more celebratory!


11 posted on 03/18/2025 9:12:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: antceecee

Reminds me a a short story I read back in the 60’s.
Dolphins Way by Gordon Dickson.
a scientist about to lose his funding has a breakthrough in dolphin communication. An alien observer in disguise reveals herself and offers congratulations on the interspecies communication, the final step in reaching a level of intellect to be able to join the galactic union. The scientist goes that’s amazing I can’t wait for humanity to travel the stars. She responds, I wasn’t talking to you, Dolphins have been trying to get you to listen for centuries.


12 posted on 03/18/2025 9:19:09 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: SeekAndFind

I went back to see the video with the dolphins doing their happy dance.....very cool...


13 posted on 03/18/2025 9:21:28 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

“So long, and thanks for all the fish!”


14 posted on 03/18/2025 9:24:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Dems are so jealous dolphins like SpaceX.


15 posted on 03/18/2025 9:34:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis1:20
In the Bible, dolphins are often associated with the presence of divine guidance.


16 posted on 03/18/2025 9:34:45 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: SeekAndFind

Ray Finkle was not amused.


17 posted on 03/18/2025 9:35:39 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Waverunner

Love it. Will look it up.


18 posted on 03/18/2025 9:48:33 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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To: doc maverick

I be,eive God may have instructed the dolphins to be present just as an added sign that he watches over us. I understand that one of the crew members praised Jesus before he left the space station? If so, hod very well may have done this ax a reminder of his presence and care. Sure, the dolphins could have been in the area, but it’s also possible they were guided tO be there and stic, around too-


19 posted on 03/18/2025 9:48:52 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: doc maverick

🥰


20 posted on 03/18/2025 9:49:35 PM PDT by antceecee ( )
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