Overview
- A SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down off the California coast around 08:41 GMT on January 15 after the crew left the station the day before.
- The returning astronauts are NASA’s Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Roscosmos’ Oleg Platonov, and JAXA’s Kimiya Yui.
- NASA has not identified the affected astronaut or detailed the condition, stating the person is stable and the departure was not an emergency evacuation.
- Officials pointed to a persistent risk and limits of in-orbit diagnostics as factors in the decision, marking a first in the station’s more than 25 years of operations.
- The ISS remains staffed by one American and two Russians as NASA evaluates moving up the Crew-12 rotation, which includes French astronaut Sophie Adenot.