Astronauts evacuated from space station after crew member experiences 'serious' medical issue

Описание: Watch live coverage of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon hatch closure, followed by undocking, which is scheduled at 22:05 GMT.

Members of Crew-11 depart the ISS after an unidentified member of the crew experienced a 'serious' medical issue last week.

NASA astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov arrived at the ISS in August, but will now depart the ISS ahead of schedule.

They are scheduled to splash down off the coast of California at approximately 08:40 GMT on Thursday morning.

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