(FOX 5/KUSI) — The four astronauts who departed the International Space Station as part of NASA’s first medical evacuation splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego after midnight on Thursday. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-11 landed safely on Earth just after 12:40 a.m.

What: Falcon 9 rocket launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: Between 8:18 p.m. and 8:53 p.m. Friday, according to SpaceX. If

SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than two days since the last launch setting a record for its Cape Canaveral launch pad.

SpaceX successfully launched a classified intelligence mission, NROL-105, on January 16, 2026. The mission delivered reconnaissance satellites for the US National Reconnaissance Office. This launch is part of the NRO's evolving network of smaller,

Could SpaceX launch a new design of Starship in January? Here's what to know about a mission Elon Musk's company refers to as flight 12.

A vacuum Raptor engine was recently test-fired after being "chilled to mimic conditions after a long coast period in space," according to SpaceX. Previously, a Raptor was tested to demonstrate the descent burn to the moon surface.

Four astronauts returned safely to Earth early on Thursday after an undisclosed serious medical condition affecting one of them forced an end to their International Space Station mission a few weeks early.

SpaceX announced Starship Flight 10 and finally revealed what went wrong on Flight 9, including the booster failure during landing burn and the upper stage pressurization issue that ruined payload deployment.