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SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown Marks First Medical-Driven Early Return From the ISS

NASA ordered the early return for Earth-based diagnostics, with the station operating short-staffed until the mid-February Crew-12 launch.

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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)
Imagen fuente: Agencia Andina
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Overview

  • The Crew Dragon splashed down off San Diego at 08:41 UTC after an ~11-hour descent, deploying four parachutes before recovery teams secured the capsule and began medical checks.
  • NASA says the affected astronaut remains stable and is not being identified for privacy; the issue was not an operational injury and requires diagnostic tools unavailable in orbit, according to the agency’s medical chief.
  • The capsule undocked from the ISS on Jan. 14 UTC, ending a mission of about 165 days on station (167 in space), and a planned spacewalk was canceled as part of the medical-driven timeline change.
  • All four crew members were transferred from the recovery ship for initial evaluations in the San Diego area, with follow-up and eventual return to Houston expected under standard post-landing procedures.
  • With Crew-11 home, three crew remain aboard the ISS under Roscosmos commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and NASA plans the Crew-12 launch in mid‑February to restore normal staffing.