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| Medical emergency in space forces NASA to consider evacuation for astronauts aboard ISS |
| 2026-01-08 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] NASA is considering a rare evacuation of its crew from the International Space Station (ISS) over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts. A spokeswoman for the agency said the astronaut with the medical concern, whom she did not identify, was in a stable condition on the orbiting laboratory. 'Safely conducting our missions is our highest priority, and we are actively evaluating all options, including the possibility of an earlier end to Crew-11's mission,' the spokeswoman said in a statement on Wednesday night. 'These are the situations NASA and our partners train for and prepare to execute safely. We will provide further updates within the next 24 hours.' Crew-11 includes four astronauts: Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. NASA has never had to pull an astronaut home for medical reasons, but evacuation capability is built into every ISS mission, with crew return vehicles kept on standby. The announcement came as the space agency canceled Thursday's scheduled spacewalk due to the issue. Station commander Fincke and flight engineer Cardman were slated to carry out a 6.5-hour spacewalk Thursday to install external hardware on the ISS. |
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