Teams aboard the recovery ship, including two fast boats, secured the SpaceX Dragon capsule and ensuring it was safe for the recovery effort, according to NASA. After the fast boat teams completed their work, the recovery ship moved into position to hoist Dragon onto the main deck with the astronauts inside.

The latest crew rotation to the International Space Station unfolded with the kind of calm precision NASA and SpaceX have spent years trying to make routine. After a smooth docking sequence, four astronauts floated through the hatch into their orbital home,

NASA gave the go for the SpaceX Crew-11 mission to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday headed for an overnight splashdown back on Earth in the Pacific Ocean. The four crew of NASA astronauts Zena Cardman,

The recovery teams were in the general vicinity of the splashdown area awaiting the arrival of the astronauts.    The crew had undocked from the Harmony module of the International Space Station at 5:20 p.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission safely splashed down early Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a trio of NASA astrophysics small satellites along with dozens of commercial spacecraft on a rideshare mission Jan. 11.