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Crew-11 Splashdown Off California Ends Early ISS Mission After Medical Issue

NASA says the return was a deliberate medical decision to bring a stable crew member home for full evaluation on Earth.

Esta foto proporcionada por la NASA muestra, en el sentido de las agujas del reloj desde la parte inferior izquierda, al astronauta de la NASA Mike Fincke; al cosmonauta de Roscosmos Oleg Platonov; a la astronauta de la NASA Zena Cardman, y al astronauta Kimiya Yui, de la JAXA (Agencia de Exploración Aeroespacial de Japón), reunidos para un retrato de la tripulación con sus trajes de presión Dragon durante una verificación de trajes dentro del módulo de laboratorio Kibo, el miércoles 14 de enero de 2026, en la Estación Espacial Internacional. (NASA vía AP)
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La nave SpaceX Dragon despegando de la Estación Espacial Internacional poco después de desacoplarse con cuatro miembros de la tripulación Crew-11 de la NASA .

Overview

  • SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific near San Diego at 08:41 GMT after undocking from the ISS at 22:20 GMT, ending an approximately 11-hour journey.
  • The capsule deployed four parachutes and was secured by recovery ships carrying medical teams, returning Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov.
  • NASA has not identified the affected astronaut or disclosed the condition, citing medical privacy, and says the astronaut remains in stable condition.
  • Officials emphasized the return was not an emergency, and news outlets reported it as the first medically driven early departure in the ISS program’s history.
  • With the station now staffed by one U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, NASA is assessing schedules and says the Crew-12 launch could be moved up, with spacewalks on hold until then.