#crew-11

#crew-11

The return flight, once undocking had taken place, lasted just under 11 hours, as planned, making contact with the Pacific at 3:42 a.m. ET. At 4:20 a.m., the Dragon capsule door opened and the astronauts took in their first breath of fresh air in 167 days. The deorbiting maneuver began at 2:51 a.m., which meant 50 minutes of tension as the capsule reentered Earth's atmosphere.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-11 astronauts has splashed down into the ocean after they left the ISS a month earlier than planned due a medical issue. It's the first time NASA cut a mission short due to a medical concern. The agency didn't name the crew member and their condition but stated that they were stable and that it wasn't a case of medical evacuation.