A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early
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NASA is cutting short a mission at the International Space Station due to a medical issue with a crew member. The agency is planning to return all four members of the Crew-11 mission more than a month early. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the crew would return to Earth "in the coming days."
NASA did not disclose the name of the crewmember or the ailment, citing health privacy. Isaacman described it as a "serious medical condition."
NASA first acknowledged what it called a "medical concern" Wednesday, when the agency announced the cancellat
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