Saturday evening, four SpaceX tourists landed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida after spending three days in space, a live video feed showed, successfully concluding the first orbital mission in history with no professional astronauts on board.

The splashdown took place on time, just after 7:00 pm (2300 GMT).

Four large parachutes slowed the capsule's descent before it landed in the water, where SpaceX boats immediately headed to retrieve it.