4 space station crewmates back on Earth
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Astronauts splash down in SpaceX capsule
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On5, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust. Two weeks earlier, Stardust visited the comet Wild 2 and collected some dust from its coma.
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.
The Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-11 streaks across the sky at 12:32 a.m., Jan. 15, 2026, in a view from the top of Terrace Hill in San Luis Obispo. The capsule splashed down safely off the coast of San Diego with four astronauts aboard. Ilse Talke
Skywatchers across the Bay Area will have a rare early-morning opportunity Thursday as a NASA SpaceX Dragon spacecraft makes its final pass over California before returning to Earth.