NASA announces return date for evacuation of ISS astronauts
Four ISS crew members are set to land Thursday after NASA announced the first medical evacuation in the space station’s history.
The International Space Station, as seen from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor spacecraft on November 8, 2021.
NASA has revealed the return date of four crew members of the International Space Station (ISS), who are being evacuated from the station after falling ill with an unknown condition.
The crew is set to begin their return to Earth just before 5 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 14. The SpaceX capsule is then expected to touch down off the coast of California at approximately 3:40 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 15.
The announcement follows the space agency’s decision Thursday to cut short the Crew-11 mission following an unidentified experience by an unidentified crew member.medical concernsThe medical evacuation is the first in the space station’s 25-year history.
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The exact return time depends on the weather and may change. NASA said in a statement that mission managers are monitoring ocean conditions in the spacecraft recovery area. “NASA and SpaceX will select a specific splashdown time and location close to the launch of the Crew-11 spacecraft,” the agency said in a statement. statement,
NASA has not disclosed the medical condition of the ill crew member. Revealing the crew’s decision to return early on January 8, Isaacman said the problem was a “serious medical condition”, but described the affected crew member as “stable”.
Crew-11 includes two NASA astronauts, mission commander Jenna Cardman and its pilot Mike Fincke, as well as Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. They were expected to remain on the ISS until mid-February, when the replacement crew, Crew-12, is still expected to arrive.
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