Published on May 2, 2021 11:00AM EDT Credit : Shutterstock Mission accomplished! Early Sunday, the four astronauts onboard the historic SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth safely, splashing down in parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA announced on their website. The mission, which launched into space to the International Space Station (ISS) in November and included NASA's Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins, and Victor Glover and Japan's Soichi Noguchi, marked the longest-ever duration for a space crew in a U.S. vehicle. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, dubbed Resilience, undocked from the ISS at 8:35 p.m. ET Saturday and made a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City, Florida at 2:57 a.m. ET. Sunday. The waves were reportedly calm and the weather was clear upon landing. "Welcome home Victor, Michael, Shannon, and Soichi, and congratulations to the teams at NASA and SpaceX who worked so hard to ensure their safe and successful splashdown," said Sen. Bill Nelson, a NASA administrator. Shutterstock