{"id":407649,"date":"2026-01-14T02:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407649\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T02:05:07","slug":"nasa-to-provide-live-coverage-of-crew-11-return-splashdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407649\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-11 Return, Splashdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lee este comunicado de prensa en espa\u00f1ol\u00a0aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Jan. 14, for the undocking of the agency\u2019s SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station, pending weather conditions.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 8, NASA announced<\/a> its decision to return the agency\u2019s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to Earth from the space station earlier than originally planned as teams monitor a medical concern with a crew member currently living and working aboard the orbital laboratory, who is stable<\/a>. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member.<\/p>\n

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman<\/a> and Mike Fincke<\/a>, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov are targeted to splash down off the coast of California at 3:41 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15.<\/p>\n

Mission managers continue monitoring conditions in the recovery area, as undocking of the SpaceX Dragon depends on spacecraft readiness, recovery team readiness, weather, sea states, and other factors<\/a>. NASA and SpaceX will select a specific splashdown time and location closer to the Crew-11 spacecraft undocking.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s live coverage of return and related activities will stream on NASA+<\/a>, Amazon Prime<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>. Learn how to stream NASA content<\/a> through a variety of online platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to changed based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Jan. 14<\/p>\n

3 p.m. \u2013 Hatch closure coverage begins on NASA+<\/a>, Amazon Prime<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. \u2013 Hatch closing<\/p>\n

4:45 p.m. \u2013 Undocking coverage begins on NASA+<\/a>, Amazon Prime<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5:05 p.m. \u2013 Undocking<\/p>\n

Following the conclusion of undocking coverage, NASA will distribute audio-only<\/a> communications between Crew-11, the space station, and flight controllers during Dragon\u2019s transit away from the orbital complex.<\/p>\n

Thursday, Jan. 15<\/p>\n

2:15 a.m. \u2013 Return coverage begins on NASA+<\/a>, Amazon Prime<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2:51 a.m. \u2013 Deorbit burn<\/p>\n

3:41 a.m. \u2013 Splashdown<\/p>\n

5:45 a.m. \u2013 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will lead a Return to Earth news conference streaming live on NASA+,<\/a> Amazon Prime<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To participate virtually in the news conference, media must contact the NASA Johnson newsroom for call details by 5 p.m. CST, Jan. 14, at: jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov<\/a> or 281-483-5111. To ask questions, media must dial in no later than 10 minutes before the start of the call. The agency\u2019s media credentialing policy<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n

Find full mission coverage, NASA\u2019s commercial crew blog, and more information about the Crew-11 mission at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew<\/a><\/p>\n

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Joshua Finch \/ Jimi Russell
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ james.j.russell@nasa.gov<\/a> <\/p>\n

Sandra Jones \/ Joseph Zakrzewski
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ joseph.a.zakrzewski@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Siceloff
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
steven.p.siceloff@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lee este comunicado de prensa en espa\u00f1ol\u00a0aqu\u00ed. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 5:05 p.m. EST,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,7100,312,313,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-407649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-commercial-crew","11":"tag-international-space-station-iss","12":"tag-iss-research","13":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}