IN FULL: EVACUATION and LANDING of NASA CREW-11 astronauts following medical emergency

Four astronauts have been evacuated from the International Space Station after a crew member suffered a "serious medical condition".

This is the first time that an evacuation has been necessary of the space station in 25 years due to a health issue with astronauts going through a thorough medical check before they go into space. There have been more than 280 astronauts on the space station since the first crew arrived in 2000.

Fincke and Cardman were supposed to carry out a spacewalk to make preparations for a future rollout of solar panels to provide additional power for the space station. It was Fincke’s fourth visit to the space station and Yui’s second time, according to NASA. This was the first spaceflight for Cardman and Platonov.

Three other astronauts are currently living and working aboard the space station including NASA’s Chris Williams and Russia’s Sergei Mikaev and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, who launched in November aboard a Soyuz rocket for an eight-month stay. They’re due to return home in the summer.


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