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SpaceX Spacecraft Carrying Crew to Splash Down with Sonic Boom Off San Diego Coast
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, JUL 15 – The Dragon spacecraft returns with four astronauts and over 580 pounds of scientific cargo after an 18-day ISS mission, possibly creating a sonic boom over Southern California.
- The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts from Axiom Mission 4 safely returned to Earth with a splashdown in the ocean near the coast of San Diego early Tuesday morning, July 15, 2025.
- This splashdown marked the first return of an Axiom mission in the Pacific Ocean, differing from prior Atlantic Ocean landings after national astronauts launched for the first time in over four decades.
- The Ax-4 crew, led by Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, departed the ISS on July 14 after conducting around 60 scientific experiments onboard SpaceX's newest capsule, Grace.
- The capsule re-entry caused a sonic boom over Southern California just before 2:31 a.m. PT, and the spacecraft lost contact for six minutes due to atmospheric blackout before splashdown.
- The successful return concluded nearly 20 days in space for the crew and brought back more than 580 pounds of research data, indicating progress in private human spaceflight and international collaboration.
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