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NASA Sends 4 Astronauts

NASA astronauts depart space station due to a medical issue, beginning their early trip home

Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Wednesday evening, weeks earlier than planned, in a first-of-its-kind departure due to a medical issue.

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NASA sends 4 astronauts back to Earth in first medical evacuation

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NASA astronauts begin 'bittersweet' medical evacuation from space station

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NASA set to bring astronaut home during medical evacuation

The medical evacuation from the space station is underway, with four astronauts in their spaceship heading back to Earth so one of them can receive medical treatment.

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NASA set to bring astronaut (and the rest of Crew-11) home early for medical reasons

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Four astronauts depart the International Space Station in NASA’s first medical evacuation from orbit

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NASA to attempt first medical evacuation from ISS

Keith Cowing, editor of NASAWatch, explains how long term space expeditions can present health challenges to astronauts.

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Inside Crew-11 Astronauts’ Final Days On ISS Before Medical Evacuation

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NASA Crew-11 to undock early from space station after astronaut faces health concerns

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Sick astronaut, rest of crew undock from ISS ahead of expected return to Earth, NASA says

The NASA International Space Station (ISS) crew that includes a sick astronaut are on track to return to earth Thursday morning. On Jan. 8, NASA said it was ending the current the ISS mission out of abundance of caution because of a medical situation involving one of the astronauts on board.

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NASA administrator Jared Isaacman visits Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stopped by the Marshall Space Flight Center on Wednesday for his first visit since taking on the agency's top role.

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NASA funds new tech for upcoming 'Super Hubble' to search for alien life: 'We intend to move with urgency'

"Awards like these are a critical component of our incubator program for future missions, which combines government leadership with commercial innovation to make what is impossible today rapidly implementable in the future," said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, director of NASA's Astrophysics Division in the statement.