The Crew-11 mission has left the International Space Station and have arrived back on Earth. Crew Dragon Endeavour and its crew of four — comprised of two NASA astronauts, one Japanese astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut — splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 AM PST (08:40 UTC) on Thursday, Jan. 15.
Crew-11 launched to the Station on Aug. 1 and was intended to complete an eight-month mission, with a return slated for April 2026. However, due to an undisclosed medical situation aboard the Station ahead of a planned extravehicular activity (or “spacewalk”), NASA elected to return the crew early. In a Jan. 11 post, ISS commander and Crew-11 pilot, Michael Fincke, noted that “everyone on board is stable, safe, and well cared for.”