Jan. 15, 2026
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns,... - January 15, 2026
Tonight: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Returns, Splashes Down off California. Plus what to see in the night sky.
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Kalaroga Shark Media. You're listening to Sleep from space. NASA's
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SpaceX crew eleven missions safely splashed down early Thursday morning
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in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego,
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concluding a more than five month mission aboard the International
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Space Station. NASA astronauts Xena Cardman and Mike Finke, JAXA
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astronaut Kimia Yui, and ros Cosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platanoff returned
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to Earth at asteroid Flyby Alert twenty twenty six eighty two,
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about the size of a house, passes closer than the
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Moon about ninety percent of the lunar distance today. These
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close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands of them. A
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series one S lifts off later today from Hiong Oriental Spaceport.
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Galactic Energy is putting its payload into orbit. Orion stands
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high in the southern sky after dark, with the three
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Belt stars pointing down to Sirius. The Pleiades star cluster,
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a tiny dipper shaped group, sparkles overhead, visible even from
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light polluted cities. That's all for tonight. Sleep well, and
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we'll see you tomorrow.
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