"Officials refused to identify the astronaut who needed care last week and would not divulge the health concerns. The ailing astronaut is stable, safe and well cared for, outgoing space station commander Mike Fincke said earlier this week via social media. This was a deliberate decision to allow the right medical evaluations to happen on the ground, where the full range of diagnostic capability exists."
"Launched in August, Cardman, Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russia's Oleg Platonov should have remained on the space station until late February. But on Jan. 7, NASA abruptly canceled the next day's spacewalk by Cardman and Fincke and later announced the crew's early return. Officials said the health problem was unrelated to spacewalk preparations or other station operations, but offered no other details, citing medical privacy. They stressed it was not an emergency situation."
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station needed doctors' care, triggering NASA's first medical evacuation. Four crew members — from the U.S., Russia and Japan — undocked and will attempt a Pacific splashdown near San Diego with SpaceX, cutting the mission short by more than a month. Officials declined to identify the ailing astronaut or disclose specific health details, stating medical privacy, but described the individual as stable and well cared for. NASA canceled a scheduled spacewalk and emphasized the situation was not an emergency. Standard entry, splashdown and recovery procedures will be followed, with medical experts ready on the recovery ship.
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