NASA officials said they plan to bring the crew aboard the International Space Station home early due to what the space agency called a “medical concern” with a crew member.
The announcement Thursday evening came after NASA scrapped a planned spacewalk earlier in the day
NASA previously said it was looking into “all options, including the possibility of an earlier end to Crew 11’s mission.”
NASA did not initially identify the astronaut in question or give further details on the medical issue, but said “the matter involved a single crew member who is stable.”
Currently aboard the ISS are commander Mike Fincke, flight engineer Zena Cardman, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
The crew was scheduled to remain aboard the ISS until mid-February.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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