NASA Brings Crew-11 Home Early After ISS Medical Issue
NASA said SpaceX Crew-11 will return to Earth in the coming days after an undisclosed but “serious” medical condition affected one astronaut aboard the ISS, with timeline updates expected within 48 hours.Jared Isaacman said the crew member is stable and NASA is “not electing an emergency deorbit,” while James Polk said the station lacks full diagnostic and treatment capability and called the move the first ISS medical evacuation.The decision followed the cancellation of a 6.5-hour spacewalk by
Mike Fincke and
Zena Cardman, and
NASA is weighing an earlier
Crew-12 launch as the remaining trio on board will be
Chris Williams,
Sergey Mikaev and
Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
Published:20h |Updated:12h