"NASA confirmed last week that a serious medical condition was affecting one of the four members of the current ISS crew rotation. It has not released more details due to medical privacy, but said the crew member is now in a stable condition. At a press conference confirming the emergency return, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the there was no capability on the ISS to treat the crew member's condition, forcing his hand to return the group early."
"The crew consists of US astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Finke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. They will depart the ISS aboard their SpaceX Dragon crew module on Wednesday at 5:00 pm EST. NASA anticipates a splashdown off the California coast at around 3:40am on Thursday. Another three-person crew also conducting work on the ISS will remain aboard. The next SpaceX crew rotation was originally due to launch on February 15 at the earliest."
A four-person International Space Station crew will return to Earth several weeks early because one crew member experienced a serious medical emergency. NASA confirmed the condition last week and said the crew member is stable, with details withheld for medical privacy. Administrator Jared Isaacman said the ISS lacked the capability to treat the condition, necessitating the early return. The crew—US astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Finke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov—will depart aboard their SpaceX Dragon module Wednesday at 5:00 pm EST, with splashdown off California around 3:40am Thursday. Another three-person crew will remain aboard, and NASA is working with SpaceX to advance the next rotation originally planned for February 15.
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