Day in Photos: Ailing Astronaut Returns to Earth, UN Secretary-General Speaks, and European Troops Arrive in Greenland

Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Shannon work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2026. An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. (NASA via AP)