NASA’s Crew-11 mission made a splashdown in the ocean near the coast of San Diego, following a return from the International Space Station due to a medical emergency affecting one of the crew members. SpaceX’s Dragon capsule separated from the space station and landed in the water with the aid of parachutes. The US space agency confirmed this on its social media. Astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke from NASA, Kimiya Yui from JAXA, and Oleg Platonov from Roscosmos have returned to Earth after a journey of approximately eleven hours, having spent 165 days in the orbital laboratory and a total of 167 days in space. The capsule reduced its speed to land in the ocean, where recovery boats were ready to secure the Dragon and bring the astronauts to shore, including one crew member who was unwell but is in stable condition, and whose identity has not been revealed by NASA.
