By Steve Gorman, Reuters
Photo: Supplied / NASA
A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return flight to Earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious medical condition afflicting one of the astronauts aboard.
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying two US NASA astronauts, a Japanese crewmate and a Russian cosmonaut undocked from the space station and began its descent from orbit at about 5.20pm EST (2220 GMT).
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