NASA recently to the International Space Station (ISS) a month early, citing a medical issue with one of the astronauts. The space agency just revealed that the . This was the first medical evacuation in the history of the ISS.
NASA wrote a statement saying that the astronaut experienced an unknown medical event on January 7 “that required immediate attention” from his fellow crew members. Fincke added that his “status quickly stabilized” thanks to the “quick response and the guidance” of the flight surgeons.
However, the incident did force NASA to planned for January 8. Soon after that, the agency announced it would be ending the Crew-11 mission a month early. The four-person crew included Fincke, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
