India, March 19 -- A viral video shared on X shows a pod of dolphins surrounding the SpaceX Crew Dragon as astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned to Earth after being stranded in space for nine months. The astronauts splashed down off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule just before 6 pm EST Tuesday, March 18. They happily emerged from their rescue capsule after being stranded on the International Space Station for months.

"Butch, Suni, on behalf of SpaceX, welcome home," a mission-control dispatcher radioed the crew shortly after the capsule Dragon Freedom splashed down.

A video surfacing on X appears to show dolphins surrounding the capsule, almost as if to welcome the astronauts home. ...