NASA, SpaceX and Astronaut Zena Cardman
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If so, what you witnessed was a four-person NASA space crew returning to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft. According to a news release from NASA, Crew-11 splashed down safely off the coast of San Diego at around 12:41 a.m.
Social media broke out as 4 astronauts returned from space, with reports of a meteor hitting Earth. Early on the morning of 15 January 2026, people across California were jolted awake by an unbelievable sight in the night sky.