Astronauts evacuated from area station after crew member experiences ‘severe’ medical situation

Watch stay protection of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon hatch closure, adopted by undocking, which is scheduled at 22:05 GMT.

Members of Crew-11 depart the ISS after an unidentified member of the crew skilled a ‘severe’ medical situation final week.

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov arrived on the ISS in August, however will now depart the ISS forward of schedule.

They are scheduled to splash down off the coast of California at roughly 08:40 GMT on Thursday morning.

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