Sick astronaut, rest of crew splash down in Pacific after undocking from ISS

The NASA International Space Station (ISS) crew that included a sick astronaut splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning. "Welcome home, Crew-11!" NASA said in an update, adding that the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft hit the on water on schedule at 12:41 a.m. PT.

NASA Executes Rare Medical Evacuation From the International Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission returned safely to Earth after 167 days in orbit, completing hundreds of hours of research aboard the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts left space yesterday. They just splashed down off San Diego.

A SpaceX ship recovered the spacecraft from the ocean and at around 1:30 a.m. and welcomed aboard NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, plus Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency.

Astronauts' brains change shape and position after time in space, study finds

The research has implications for NASA’s goals to build a base on the moon and eventually conduct crewed missions to Mars.

4 astronauts depart ISS, leaving behind just 3 crewmates to staff the orbiting lab

Four astronauts are set to depart the International Space Station Wednesday amid a health concern. The unprecedented early departure will leave behind a skeleton crew.
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