Astronauts Butch and Suni exit SpaceX capsule at recovery vessel

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Astronauts Butch and Suni exit SpaceX capsule at recovery vessel  NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams exited the SpaceX capsule aboard the recovery vessel after their return to Earth on Tuesday, March 18.  The crew's capsule was hoisted out of the water onto a boat. The astronauts will be flown on a NASA plane to their crew quarters at the space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston for several days of health checks, per routine for astronaut returns, before NASA flight surgeons say they can go home to their families.  Their return caps a protracted space mission that was fraught with uncertainty and technical troubles and turned a rare instance of NASA's contingency planning — and the latest failures of Starliner — into a global spectacle.   NASA TV / REUTERS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #NASA #SpaceX

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00:00On to the ship, we have a very special treat, which is what this team is preparing for now.

00:06As for the recovery teams themselves, we started the day taking a series of

00:10helicopters out to the vessel. Oh yeah, Sandra, this view is absolutely unbeatable.

00:15So just to kind of finish off what I was saying is, once that side hatch of the spacecraft is

00:20open, that crew will be assisted out of the capsule one by one.

00:24Using the distance there between, oh dolphin cam back again, we can we can see.

00:38So once securely on, welcome aboard the recovery vessel.

00:43Recovery personnel are completing final checks.

00:54And there you have it, the side hatch is open for the first time since September.

01:07And there we do see crew nine, some happy waves, smiles all around back on Earth.

01:13Oh, it looks like we're getting our next crew member here.

01:16That is none other than Sunny Williams. Big smile, big waves.

01:22She, like her other crew members, now will be assisted on to the mobility aid.

01:40And there we have it, some waves, some thumbs up and some smiles.

01:45We're getting some views of him now as he egresses or exits the spacecraft.

01:51So once again, some elation and cheers there from Butch Wilmore.

02:17We can see folks on board clapping as our first crew member

02:22is released.

02:23And that is NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander of crew nine.

02:29Now out of Crew Dragon Freedom.

02:35Some smiles, thumbs up and a wave. Can't get any better.

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