"NASA officials said Thursday they have decided to bring home four of the seven crew members on the International Space Station after one of them experienced a "medical situation" earlier this week. James "JD" Polk, NASA's chief health and medical officer, told reporters Thursday the crew member is "absolutely stable" but that the agency is "erring on the side of caution" with the decision to bring to return the astronaut to Earth."
""After discussions with our chief health and medical officer, Dr. JD Polk, and leadership across the agency, I've come to the decision that it's in the best interests of our astronauts to return Crew-11 ahead of their planned departure," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Thursday. The Crew-11 astronauts will depart the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming days and head for reentry and a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California."
NASA has decided to return four of the seven Crew-11 astronauts early after one crew member experienced a medical situation while aboard the International Space Station. The affected astronaut is reported as absolutely stable, and the agency says it is erring on the side of caution. Crew-11 launched August 1 and had been slated to return around February 20 but will undock and reenter in the coming days with a Pacific Ocean splashdown off California. The crew will return together aboard the same SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft because they share that vehicle as their lifeboat. NASA said it will release the undocking and reentry schedule within 48 hours.
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