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NASA's first space station medical evacuation brings Crew-11

Highlights From NASA’s Medical Evacuation From the Space Station

Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.

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After a medical evacuation from space, NASA's Crew-11 returns to Earth a month early

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Astronauts return to Earth after NASA orders early space station exit

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NASA astronauts return to Earth early after a medical evacuation

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.

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Astronauts return from ISS after medical issue cuts mission short

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Astronauts Are Safe After NASA Medical Evacuation From Space Station

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Watch: Astronauts return to Earth after medical evacuation

Crew 11 disembarked the Dragon Endeavour at about 01:30 local time (09:30 GMT) after an 11 hour journey back to Earth, splashing down off the coast of California.

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ISS mission splashes down after medical issue

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Astronauts Safely Splash Down After NASA’s First-Ever Medical Evacuation

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 splashes down off San Diego coast

(FOX 5/KUSI) — The four astronauts who departed the International Space Station as part of NASA’s first medical evacuation splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego after midnight on Thursday. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-11 landed safely on Earth just after 12:40 a.m.

NASA Astronauts Space Station Evacuation — Watch Thursday’s Splashdown

After a health issue, four astronauts are set to leave the International Space Station early, with a pre-dawn Pacific splashdown planned for Thursday, Jan. 15.

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OTD In Space - January 15: Stardust Spacecraft Returns Samples of Comet Dust

On5, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust. Two weeks earlier, Stardust visited the comet Wild 2 and collected some dust from its coma.

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NASA astronauts will land in San Diego waters

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — In an unprecedented move, NASA has scrubbed its latest International Space Station Mission because of a sick astronaut crewmember. The Dragon Capsule at this very minute is on its way back home, hurtling through space before landing in the Pacific Ocean off, you guessed it, San Diego.

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NASA Sets Jan. 17 For SLS Rollout

CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA plans to roll out the next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on Jan. 17 or soon after ahead of launch of the Artemis II mission to send astronauts into deep space for the first time in more than 52 years.