It was all smiles early on Sunday morning when the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew splashed down successfully after five days in orbit and what is believed to be the world's first commercial spacewalk.
The Dragon capsule came down in the sea off the coast of Florida at around 03:37 local time, in a well-planned procedure and was streamed live on Youtube and the SpaceX website.
The mission has been considered "a giant leap forward" for the commercial space industry, according to NASA.