On January 14, 2019 at 05:10 UTC the "Dragon” capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of Baja California. For the first time the splashdown took place in the dark. It was the "SpaceX CRS-16” mission. CRS means Commercial Resupply Services. It was the 16th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking.

On January 13, 2019 the station's robotic arm removed the Dragon capsule from its berthing port on the station’s Harmony module. Using a command issued from the mission control center, the robot arm released the Dragon CRS-16 spacecraft at 23:33 UTC. It was the 16th flight of Dragon to the ISS with docking, including a demonstration flight in 2012.