Dolphins surrounded the SpaceX capsule after it landed in the ocean on the NASA astronauts' successful journey home after ...

A pod of bottlenose dolphins seemingly took interest in the capsule that dropped out of the sky, circling and surfacing as ...

After a nine-month-long test flight saga, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico.

Credit: Samantha Haebich via Getty Images Like humans, dogs, monkeys and other furry land animals, dolphins are mammals. This ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only supposed to spend a week aboard the International Space Station, ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth after nine months stranded in space and were greeted by a ...

A pod of dolphins joined the welcome crew March 18, 2025, splashing around the SpaceX capsule as a team worked to remove the ...

The marine mammals swarmed around the recovery team and capsule, welcoming home the astronauts shortly after they splashed ...

After splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico, stranded NASA astronauts Williams and Wilmore were greeted by a curious pod of ...

How big they are: From 5 to 32 feet (1.5 to 10 meters) long, depending on the species Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around ...