Crew-11 Heads Home as ISS Executes Medical Evacuation

A four‑astronaut Crew-11 team aboard the International Space Station is set to depart in a SpaceX Dragon after one crew member fell ill. The undocking is planned for about 5 p.m. ET, with splashdown off California around 3:40 a.m. ET Thursday, shortening the roughly six‑month mission by about a month. NASA says the patient is “absolutely stable” and has not disclosed the individual's name or ailment for privacy; once Crew-11 leaves, two Russian cosmonauts and NASA’s Christopher Williams will remain, as NASA accelerates the arrival of the next crew.