Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov waves to officials at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas

jsc2026e002114 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov waves to officials at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. He departed the International Space Station and returned to Earth the day before aboard the Dragon spacecraft for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of San Diego, California. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz