NASA, SpaceX set target date for Crew-11’s return to earth


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  • Saturday, 10 Jan 2026

A SpaceX Falcon Nine rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A carrying NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

Jan ‌9 (Reuters) - NASA on ‌Friday said the space ‌agency and SpaceX are targeting to undock ‍the agency’s SpaceX ‍Crew-11 mission ‌from the International Space ‍Station ​no earlier than ⁠5 p.m. ET (2200 GMT) on ‌Wednesday, January 14, pending ⁠weather ‍conditions.

Earlier this week NASA said ‍it was mulling an ‌early return of the crew of the International Space Station over what it described as ‌a "medical concern" with an astronaut.

(Reporting by Rhea ​Rose Abraham in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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