US EditionNASA to Return Astronauts Early After Medical Concern
NASA is returning Crew-11 astronauts about two months early for medical tests after one crew member's stable condition prompted a historic non-emergency evacuation from the ISS.
- NASA announced Thursday that it is cutting the Crew-11 mission short after a medical issue on the International Space Station, and the four-person crew will return in the coming days.
- A medical concern that emerged Wednesday afternoon prompted NASA to postpone the Jan. 8 spacewalk, and the agency spokeswoman said NASA is evaluating options including an earlier end to Crew-11's mission.
- Crew-11, which launched in August, includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, and the postponed U.S. spacewalk 94 was to last 6.5 hours.
- NASA also took its ISS live feeds offline and said it will provide further updates within the next 24 hours, noting that earlier return would require replacement coordination and could shift EVA 94 and EVA 95 schedules.
- Because NASA does not disclose medical details, the agency said these situations are rehearsed and noted early returns are rare as missions typically last six and eight months under the Commercial Crew Program.
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