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Parachutes are deployed! The @SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft with our #Crew4 astronauts aboard is descending toward splashdown. https://t.co/wjtMmQGjef

Welcome home @SpaceX #Crew4 astronauts after a 170-day @ISS_Research mission that began on April 27! Splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean occurred at 4:55pm ET today. More... https://t.co/Kfzv8VmUdP https://t.co/5OjWFKsBmL

Do you know the best place to get a candy bar in space? . . The Milky Way! Happy #NationalDessertDay! Here's some space eye candy for you to drool over! 😍 https://t.co/c8QXUaUEdD

Mission complete! The #Crew4 astronauts splashed down safely off the coast of Florida at 4:55 p.m. EDT after 170 days in space. Welcome home 🌎 https://t.co/tVndSWyLs9

A lifting frame on SpaceX's recovery ship "Megan" is raising the Dragon Freedom spacecraft out of the Atlantic Ocean. The astronauts will be helped out of the capsule once it is on the ship's deck. Here's the lift at 10x speed. https://t.co/CZS10sfB6n https://t.co/3vWDeTjbpd

#Crew4 will pass over the United States shortly before @SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashes down around 4:55pm ET this afternoon. Though Dragon Freedom will be less visible during a daytime splashdown, here's where and when you may be able to spot it: https://t.co/zBTrHoKtEe

This week on #SpaceToGround, as the latest crew settles in to the station, another says goodbye. @NASA's @SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts are on their way home to Earth after their nearly six-month science mission. 🐉 https://t.co/owSLRfTqXU

I submitted this painting of the Seahorse Nebula to the James Webb Telescope contest. I used the photo from the Hubble telescope as a reference. I can't wait to see what this new telescope will capture and inspire in the future!

Whirlpool Galaxy (RGB) [Hubble] - minimal false colors.

10 years ago today, Felix Baumgartner became the first person to break the speed of sound in free fall. The capsule and pressure suit from Baumgartner's jump are part of our Museum's collection. #IdeasThatDefy https://t.co/ScYOyqHuhk

Astronomers just spotted the most powerful flash of light ever seen https://t.co/VKsFyoNHqF https://t.co/nA5pjfCsvn

A sonic 💥 BOOM 💥 slapped across the Mojave desert in California #75YearsAgo today as the late @usairforce pilot Chuck Yeager took the Bell X-1 to Mach 1.06. Yeager became the first human to ever go faster than the speed of sound! Our X-1 📷 gallery: https://t.co/UWey8GPdMq https://t.co/GwPwqnuISb

My first shot of moon, 14 October

After 170 days in orbit, our SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splashed down at 4:55pm ET (20:55 UTC) Friday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, completing our fourth @Commercial_Crew mission to the International @Space_Station: https://t.co/XLOeKCjrTM https://t.co/yH5KYONXZa

Crew 4 Mission ~ Undocking.