Crew-11 Dragon Spacecraft Recovery Post-Splashdown | International Space Station
Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Russia aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Califonia, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.
Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed.
Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed
Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed
Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft
NASA astronaut Zena Cardman is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon
Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov is seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon
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At 3:41 a.m. EST, on January 15, 2026, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Russia splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California.
This completes a stay in space of 167 days for the four-person crew. The mission returned to Earth earlier than originally planned as teams monitored a medical concern with a crew member living and working aboard the orbital laboratory. The crew member is stable. Fincke has accumulated 549 days in space placing him fourth all-time among NASA astronauts.
NASA previously announced all four crew members will be transported from SpaceX's recovery ship Shannon to a local hospital for additional evaluation, taking advantage of medical resources on Earth to provide the best care possible.
Following a planned overnight hospital stay, the crew will return to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they will reunite with their families and undergo standard post-flight reconditioning and evaluations. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.
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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineer: Sergei Mikaev
NASA Flight Engineer: Chris Williams
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: Jan. 15, 2026
Date: Jan. 15, 2026
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