"FILE - The International Space Station is seen from the space shuttle Atlantis on July 19, 2011, after it left the orbiting complex. Fincke and Cardman were supposed to carry out the spacewalk to make preparations for a future rollout of solar panels to provide additional power for the space station. It was Fincke's fourth visit to the space station and Yui's second time, according to NASA. This was the first spaceflight for Cardman and Platonov."
"Three other astronauts are currently living and working aboard the space station including NASA's Chris Williams and Russia's Sergei Mikaev and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who launched in November aboard a Soyuz rocket for an eight-month stay. They're due to return home in the summer. NASA has tapped SpaceX to eventually bring the space station out of orbit by late 2030 or early 2031. Plans called for a safe reentry over ocean."
NASA is ending a mission aboard the International Space Station early after an astronaut experienced a medical issue. The U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, and the first spacewalk of the year was canceled. NASA did not identify the astronaut or the medical issue and said the crew member is now stable. The crew arrived via SpaceX in August for a planned stay of at least six months and includes Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov. Fincke and Cardman had been scheduled to perform a spacewalk to prepare for future solar-panel rollout. NASA also plans to deorbit the station around 2030–2031 using SpaceX.
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