Crew-11 was recalled earlier than planned after a crew member had a medical issue warranting care on Earth, cutting short its mission by more than a month.

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. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego,

An astronaut in need of doctors' care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA's first medical evacuation.

A crew of four astronauts landed back on Earth after departing the International Space Station on Wednesday in NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation over an undisclosed ailment involving one of the crew members.

This photo provided by NASA shows clockwise from bottom left are, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui gathering for a crew portrait wearing their Dragon pressure suits during a suit verification check inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module,

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Four astronauts returned to Earth early Thursday, after departing the International Space Station about a month earlier than planned due to a medical issue.

NASA astronauts. Four NASA astronauts returned to Earth today, concluding a weeklong effort to bring one crew member home to evaluate a medical issue. The crew departed th