A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at 8:33 a.m. local time (11:33 a.m. Eastern) on 9 August, concluding a nearly 18-hour return from the International Space Station. The spacecraft, named Endurance, had undocked from the station at 6:15 p.m. Eastern on 8 August after weather delays earlier in the week. Recovery vessel Shannon was dispatched to hoist the capsule aboard and ferry the crew to shore for medical checks before their flight back to Houston. Commander Anne McClain and pilot Nichole Ayers of NASA, JAXA mission specialist Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov spent 148 days in orbit following their launch on 14 March. During Expedition 73 they conducted more than 200 research investigations ranging from blood-flow studies to lunar-navigation techniques and oversaw station operations while a replacement crew arrived. The landing marks the first NASA-sponsored Commercial Crew mission to splash down in the Pacific and the agency’s first West Coast crew recovery since the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz flight. SpaceX shifted Dragon returns to the Pacific this year to reduce risks from falling trunk debris and to take advantage of more stable sea conditions. Crew-10’s five-month tour also enabled the relief and eventual return of two astronauts stranded last year when Boeing’s Starliner capsule encountered propulsion problems. Endurance, completing its fourth orbital flight, will be refurbished at SpaceX’s Hawthorne facility for future missions as the Commercial Crew Program prepares Crew-12 for launch early next year.