Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An astronaut in need of medical care has departed the International Space Station (ISS) with three crewmates in Nasa’s first-ever medical evacuation. The four returning astronauts, who ...

For the 1st time in the history of the International Space Station, an astronaut experienced a health issue that required NASA to end a mission early.

An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after NASA made the rare decision to end their space station mission early because of a medical concern involving one of the crew members.

NASA completed its first medical evacuation early Thursday, when an ailing astronaut and three others splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, more than a month ahead of schedule. The four astronauts — NASA’s Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in ...