Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From Space Station
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Four astronauts returned safely to Earth early on Thursday after an undisclosed serious medical condition affecting one of them forced an end to their International Space Station mission a few weeks early.
If so, what you witnessed was a four-person NASA space crew returning to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft. According to a news release from NASA, Crew-11 splashed down safely off the coast of San Diego at around 12:41 a.m.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 capsule returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego early Thursday.
CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing a successful parachute descent of the capsule.