JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui waves to officials at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas

jsc2026e002115 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and SpaceX Crew-11 Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui 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