Crew 7: The Crew Dragon has fallen back into the discernible atmosphere, on a NW-to-SE trajectory that will carry it across the central US toward splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola, Florida; now about 12 minutes to splashdown
Dragon’s four main parachutes have deployed
Crew 7: Splashdown confirmed; at 5:47am EDT (1047 UTC), within sight of SpaceX recovery crews
Welcome home! 🏠@NASA’s @SpaceX #Crew7 splashed down safely in the SpaceX Dragon Endurance in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, at 5:47 am ET after 197 days aboard @Space_Station completing important @ISS_Research.
And splashdown!#Crew7 has returned to Earth after spending nearly six-months aboard the @Space_Station conducting science and research. The crew safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 5:47am ET on Tuesday, March 12.
Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, @AstroJaws, @Astro_Andreas, @Astro_Satoshi, and Kostya!