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NASA astronauts depart space station due to a medical issue, beginning their early trip home
The crew undocked from the orbiting outpost at 5:20 p.m. ET Wednesday — about a month earlier than planned —and are scheduled to splash down on Earth early Thursday.
Two Americans and astronauts from Japan and Russia landed in a SpaceX capsule in the Pacific Ocean after a medical issue prompted NASA to move up their return to Earth.
Four people from NASA's Crew-11 mission splashed down off San Diego, successfully completing five months aboard the International Space Station. The trip was cut short due to a medical issue.
Beyond the range of GPS and tracking satellites, the moonship depends on radio dish arrays for communication and navigation.
The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early return.
A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN orbiter.