Recovery ship picks up capsule with four astronauts in Pacific Ocean

Описание: (15 Jan 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: MUST CREDIT NASA

NASA – MUST CREDIT NASA
At Sea, Pacific Ocean – 15 January 2026
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1. Capsule in water near recovery vessel
2. Recovery vessel crane picks up capsule
3. Capsule carried onto ship
STORYLINE:
An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation.

SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station.

A recovery boat picked up the capsule a short time later.

It was an unexpected finish to a mission that began in August and left the orbiting lab with only one American and two Russians on board.

NASA and SpaceX said they would try to move up the launch of a fresh crew of four; liftoff is currently targeted for mid-February.

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