Officials at NASA and SpaceX have announced that they will return four astronauts from the International Space Station to Earth earlier than planned due to an “unexpected medical issue” with one of the crew members.

An ailing astronaut is back on Earth. The crew of four returned Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation.

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NASA is gearing up to launch a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS). The upcoming Crew-12 consists of NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

NASA is set to send four astronauts to the moon and back as the launch window for the upcoming Artemis II mission opens next Friday (6 February).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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.

Veteran NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday. Her extended mission to orbit due to the troubled Boeing Starliner test flight was her final foray.

A group of four NASA astronauts are set to blast off on a historic mission, dubbed Artemis II, as soon as February 6