{"id":800075,"date":"2026-01-10T02:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800075"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:21:33","slug":"target-dates-and-times-for-iss-departure-and-return-of-crew-dragon-spacecraft-crew-11-including-jaxa-astronaut-yui-kimiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800075","title":{"rendered":"Target Dates and Times for ISS Departure and Return of Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-11) including JAXA Astronaut YUI Kimiya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"elem_heading_lv2\">\n<div class=\"elem_center elem_heading_lv2_pad\">\n<p><h2>Target Dates and Times for ISS Departure and Return of <br \/>Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-11) including JAXA Astronaut YUI Kimiya<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- \/elem_heading_lv2 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p class=\"right\">Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- \/elem_paragraph --><\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p>\n    \u2003NASA and The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced the target dates and times for the departure of the Crew Dragon spacecraft (Crew-11) from the International Space Station (ISS) and its return to Earth, including JAXA Astronaut YUI Kimiya.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\">\n<p>\n    \u2003This scheduling was made with the highest priority placed on the safety of the Crew-11 astronauts and enables an earlier return than originally planned. JAXA will continue to work with NASA and other international partners to ensure the safe return of all crew members.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 1fr; column-gap: 1rem;\">\n<p>1.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Splashdown Schedule (*Time is the 24-hour clock.) :<\/p>\n<div style=\" margin-top: 0.5rem;\">\n<p>[Departure from the ISS]<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto auto 1fr; column-gap: 0.3rem; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0.5rem;\">\n            <span>No earlier than January<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>15, 2026 \/<\/span><br \/>\n            <span style=\"justify-self: end;\">7:00<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>(JST)<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>No earlier than January<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>14, 2026 \/<\/span><br \/>\n            <span style=\"justify-self: end;\">17:00<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>(EST)<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<p>[Splashdown]<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto auto 1fr; column-gap: 0.3rem; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0.5rem;\">\n            <span>January 15, 2026 \/ approximately<\/span><br \/>\n            <span style=\"justify-self: end;\">17:40<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>(JST)<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>January 15, 2026 \/ approximately<\/span><br \/>\n            <span style=\"justify-self: end;\">3:40<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>(EST)<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem_paragraph\" style=\"padding-bottom: 0.5rem;\">\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 1fr; column-gap: 1rem;\">\n<p>2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Scheduled Splashdown Location :<br \/>Off the coast of California\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- \/area_content_main --><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/global.jaxa.jp\/press\/2026\/01\/20260110-1_e.html?rand=771667\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Target Dates and Times for ISS Departure and Return of Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-11) including JAXA Astronaut YUI Kimiya Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) \u2003NASA and The Space Exploration Technologies&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":771669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=800075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/771669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=800075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=800075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=800075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}