WATCH: SpaceX Crew Capsule Splashes Down in the Pacific

You're looking at live pictures of SpaceX's crew 12 Dragon capsule, which has enters Earth's atmosphere, making its way back after a 27 hour journey that began at the International Space Station. The crew returning to Earth after 237 days at SpaceX, uh, 17,500mph at the point of reentry. Mach 23. Four G's of peak force on that crew and very shortly. The expectation is that the drogue chutes deploy the four main chutes. Deploy. And we'll show you those pictures as and when that happens. Somewhat routine for NASA and for SpaceX. But let's bring in Bloomberg's Lauren Grrush who leads us space coverage. And again, Lauren, we've got these live pictures Right. Dragon on its way back down. Hope to blast down off the coast of California. Uh, this is routine right at this at this juncture. I mean, that is ultimately what SpaceX has achieved with this Dragon program. I mean, this is crew 12. It's their 12th, uh, operational mission for the ISS program. We've got crew 13. Oh look, we can see the the drugs um, show showing up there. So that's a great sign. Um, but yes, uh, the crew 13 already in orbit, they launched last week, did their typical week long handover, and now crew 12 is coming home. And this is a cool crew. They've been up in space for about seven months. More than seven months. They got to speak with the Artemis two crew. If you remember, once they had swung around the moon. So it's it's a nice welcome home for them after a really great time in space. Okay. Two drogue chutes making their way off the deployment of four main shoots. Hey, you got a second look at it? Um, 237 days in space, February 13th. This, uh, this crew lifted off, uh, towards the ice. You know, you and I have been talking a lot about. There is a life cycle for ice. It's going to be decommissioned. But also like space is transition in transition on both the Falcon program and the Dragon program. Like how is all that being managed? Yeah, I think I hate to say it, but watching these splash downs, you know, they might become a precious resource in the near future because questions are swirling about, you know, how long the Dragon program is actually going to stay operational. Uh, you know, signs seem to indicate SpaceX officials have have made hints that the Dragon program is coming to an end, possibly by the time the ISS program is retired by 2030. And so we have to really, uh, enjoy these splash downs while we can, because there might not be much more of them. There's at least four operational, uh, Crew Dragon missions for NASA that SpaceX is going to do through the end of the ISIS program, but beyond that, it's, uh, you know, a question mark. There might be some other Dragon missions here and there, but ultimately, SpaceX wants to put all of its resources into its Starship rocket. That's the massive rocket that it's building to send people to the moon and to Mars. So ultimately, the idea is to put all of the resources into that program. And so that doesn't mean much for Dragon and for Falcon moving forward. At the moment, those main chutes deploy, Dragon slows down to 190mph. And at the point of splashdown, it's kind of like 15mph. But I always like, think the moment of reentry into Earth's atmosphere at 17,500mph, uh. Pretty astonishing. Um, the crew's been out there a long time. Uh, and an interesting crew. Uh, some with vast experience. Um, what's the next big thing for NASA and for space in terms of human spaceflight? Lauren, what's to come? Well, absolutely. NASA is all in on its Artemis program right now, which is set on sending humans back to the moon for the first time in over half a century. Obviously, you know, for those who have been following, you might remember the Artemis two mission that captured everyone's attention and spread moon joy earlier this year that sent a accrual for, uh, slingshot ING around the moon. But ultimately, the goal is to send people to land on the lunar surface. And space is a big part of that. And that Starship rocket that I mentioned earlier, that is supposed to be a human lander that will, uh, take, uh, future astronauts, future Artemis astronauts to the surface of the moon. So quite a long list of things to do in order for that to be ready in order to carry humans. But that is a crucial part of the Artemis program that SpaceX is building. Okay, so momentarily, crew 12 will splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, not too far off from Los Angeles. And. Still magical, isn't it, Laura? And it's still, uh, it's still something special when we do that. You know, as much as we say it's routine, it's certainly not. It's still, you know, just, uh, inspiring and shows what can be achieved when we, you know, put all of our resources together into something like this. So, yeah, it never gets old for me, uh, even if it has become somewhat routine. Routine and standards.