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US: Bright Streak Observed Over California as SpaceX Crew-11 Re-enters

A bright streak was observed across the night sky over Southern California early Thursday, January 15 as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts made its fiery re-entry before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The capsule returned NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, ending the Crew-11 mission about a month early due to a non-emergency medical condition affecting one crew member. NASA said the astronaut was stable and brought back to Earth for further evaluation.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows NASA astronaut Mike Fincke helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows NASA astronaut Zena Cardman is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after she, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Support teams raise the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft aboard the recovery ship SHANNON shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in thePacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.,Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, mission specialist of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows jsc2025e060299 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov. California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov. The official crew portrait of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 members. Front row, from left, are Pilot Mike Fincke and Commander Zena Cardman, both NASA astronauts. In the back from left, are Mission Specialists Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos and Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exporation Agency). Photo by NASA/Robert Markowitz/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows NASA and SpaceX support teams board the ship SHANNON to prepare for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are landing in the Pacific Ocean after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows The SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON is seen in the Pacific Ocean as the recovery team prepares for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows NASA and SpaceX support teams board a helicopter to stage for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are landing in the Pacific Ocean after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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