A pod of curious dolphins showed up to greet the returning SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts shortly after they splashed down off the coast of Florida at about 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 18. The four-person crew included NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who ended up staying in orbit for way longer than originally planned.

NASA and SpaceX successfully brought astronauts back to Earth after a mission that was supposed to last just over a week but instead stretched nearly 10 months. The Dragon capsule carrying astronauts Sunni Williams,