"The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-11 astronauts has splashed down into the ocean after they left the ISS a month earlier than planned due a medical issue. It's the first time NASA cut a mission short due to a medical concern. The agency didn't name the crew member and their condition but stated that they were stable and that it wasn't a case of medical evacuation."
"NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA's Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov - the members of Crew-11 - left for the space station on August 1 and were supposed to stay there until February. Despite the mission being cut early, they still stayed 167 days in space before they made their way back home. The Dragon capsule carrying the members splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California at 3:41AM on January 15."
NASA ended the Crew-11 mission a month early after a medical issue with one crew member and returned the astronauts aboard a SpaceX Dragon splashdown. The affected crew member's identity and condition were not disclosed; officials said the astronaut was stable and that evacuation was not required. NASA called the decision precautionary because the ISS lacked diagnostic tools to evaluate the condition. Crew-11 members Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov launched August 1 and spent 167 days in orbit. The capsule splashed down off San Diego at 3:41 AM on January 15. Three crew remain on the station, and NASA is considering advancing Crew-12.
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