ISS Medical Evacuation Shrinks Crew to Skeleton as Four Astronauts Return for Evaluation
TL;DR
NASA canceled a scheduled spacewalk after a medical issue affected a single crew member on the ISS, triggering the first in-flight medical evacuation in 25 years. Four Crew-11 astronauts were flown by helicopter to Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego for an overnight evaluation, temporarily reducing the station's crew to three, before heading to Johnson Space Center for postflight conditioning; all remain stable and the cause of the illness remains private.
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