NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Returns to Houston | Johnson Space Center

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Returns to Houston | Johnson Space Center

After completing a five-and-a-half-month mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 returned to Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, on January 16, 2026. Footage includes aircraft taxi and NASA leadership and fellow astronauts greeting NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Russia as the crew exits the aircraft. The quartet returned back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Jan. 15. Crew 11’s mission was a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory in order to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

Members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 wave to officials at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Crew-11 departed the International Space Station and returned to Earth on Jan. 15, 2026, aboard Dragon spacecraft Eneavour for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of San Diego, California. NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman returned to Earth with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov of Russia on ending their mission to the orbital outpost.

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Expedition 74 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineer: Sergei Mikaev

NASA Flight Engineer: Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 4 minute, 28 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 21, 2026

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