Overview
- Crew Dragon splashed down in the Pacific off California at 03:41 Pacific time on January 15 after an accelerated departure from the station.
- NASA medical chief James Polk said the issue was not trauma-related and did not require an emergency evacuation.
- The agency has not identified the affected astronaut and said further medical details will be shared when appropriate.
- The returning crew comprised Zena Cardman, Mike Fink, Kimia Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
- ISS operations continue with Christopher Williams, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergey Mikaev aboard, as Crew-12 targets mid-February with Andrey Fedyaev beginning preflight training at SpaceX’s Hawthorne facility.