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NASA will bring astronauts home early from ISS over medical issue
NASA will bring back a crew from the ISS earlier than planned because of a medical issues.
Hours before, the space agency cancelled a spacewalk that was scheduled for Thursday. A NASA spokeswoman said the astronaut, who wasn't named for medical privacy reasons, was in a stable condition on the ISS.
"It's not an emergency evacuation, but we are erring on the side of caution for the crew member," said Dr James Polk, NASA's chief health and medical officer. Crew-11 has been on the ISS since August last year and was due to return around May this year.
The station's designated commander, Mike Fincke, and Zena Cardman, the flight engineer, were supposed to conduct a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Thursday to install hardware outside the station. A NASA spokeswoman told Sky News earlier on Thursday that safety was the "highest priority.
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