Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An astronaut in need of medical care has departed the International Space Station (ISS) with three crewmates in Nasa’s first-ever medical evacuation. The four returning astronauts, who ...

Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after NASA made the rare decision to end their space station mission early because of a medical concern involving one of the crew members. The SpaceX capsule carrying the international team splashed down in the ...

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. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San ...

For the 1st time in the history of the International Space Station, an astronaut experienced a health issue that required NASA to end a mission early.

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. “It’s so good to be home,” said NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, the capsule commander.