Astronauts splash down after cutting space station mission short due to a medical issue

Their return on Thursday morning was the first time in the space station’s 25-year history that a crew returned home early ...
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SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts return to Earth after 1st-ever medical evacuation of ISS

Fincke, Cardman, Yui and Platonov launched toward the ISS on Aug. 1, 2025, kicking off SpaceX's Crew-11 mission to the ...

Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in NASA’s first medical evacuation

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth. The crew of four have returned Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a ...

NASA sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical evacuation

An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth. The ailing astronaut departed the International Space ...
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Rare Earth-Sun alignment enables new observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS

A January 2026 Earth–Sun alignment allows measurements of the opposition surge from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS using ...