Four ISS astronauts en route to Earth early as medical issue forces departure
- 15-Jan-2026
Four crew members have left the International Space Station (ISS) to return to Earth a month early, marking NASA’s first-ever space medical evacuation. The agency cut the mission short after a medical issue occurred with one of the astronauts. On Wednesday, American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, and Japanese astronaut […]