Space Station Crew Leaves Early

(Washington, DC) – NASA says the ISS crew will make an early return to Earth because of a medical situation with one crew member.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said at a news conference January 8th that the un-named crew member is stable.  The agency had already postponed a spacewalk scheduled for the 8th because of the medical issue and that it plans to bring the crew home within the coming days.  The four-person crew includes U.S. astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, plus one Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut.

Isaacman says there will be an update in the coming days about when the crew will start its journey home.