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NASA to Bring Astronauts Home Early Due to Medical Issue
NASA ends Crew-11 mission early due to a medical issue with one astronaut, marking the first mission cut short for health reasons, agency officials said.
- On Wednesday, NASA is bringing the Crew-11 astronauts home early due to a medical issue one crew member had that could not be handled aboard the International Space Station, officials said.
- On January 8, the scheduled spacewalk was postponed after a medical concern surfaced the day before, and NASA said ISS medical facilities lack full diagnostic capacity, prompting caution.
- Crew-11 includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Michael Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov; this is the first ISS mission cut short for a medical issue, NASA said.
- After Crew-11 departs, the ISS will have two cosmonauts and one astronaut, with Chris Williams maintaining U.S. operations solo until NASA advances Crew-12 to restore full staffing.
- Administrator Jared Isaacman said `It's the end of the Crew-11 mission right now` and the agency will release more details within 48 hours, while James `JD` Polk noted the astronaut is `absolutely stable`.
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An unexpected health problem has upset NASA's plans: the four-person crew of Crew-11 will leave the International Space Station early, after the first time in ISS history that a mission is interrupted due to the condition of an astronaut.
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NASA Orders Emergency Early Return of Space Station Crew Due to Astronaut with 'Serious Medical Condition'
A "serious medical condition" affecting one crew member aboard the International Space Station has prompted NASA to bring four astronauts back to Earth several months ahead of schedule, marking the first emergency return in 25 years of operations aboard the ISS. The post NASA Orders Emergency Early Return of Space Station Crew Due to Astronaut with ‘Serious Medical Condition’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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