Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:38am on 15 Jan 2026,Thursday Science
NASA and SpaceX have carried out the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS), bringing four astronauts home early due to an undisclosed health issue affecting one crew member. The SpaceX Crew-11 team — Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov — undocked from the ISS on Jan. 14 and is set to splash down off the California coast on Jan. 15. NASA has not disclosed details of the medical condition, citing privacy, but confirmed the astronaut is stable. The mission was cut short from its original schedule to allow full medical evaluation on Earth. (PC: NASA)
