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Non-Emergency Medical Situation Cause for Early Earth Return of Four Crew 11 Members.
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Non-Emergency Medical Situation Cause for Early Earth Return of Four Crew 11 Members.
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"...To prepare for that departure, Crew-11 pilot Mike Fincke of NASA, who has been commanding the joint Expedition 74 crew on the ISS, will officially relinquish his command in a change-of-command ceremony that will shift control of the orbting lab over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
The ceremony is scheduled for 2:35 p.m. EST (1835 GMT) today, Jan. 12, and will be webcast live on NASA TV, NASA+ and the space agnecy's streaming service and social media platforms. ..."
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"But this is not an emergency situation, agency officials stress. ...For the first time ever, astronauts will depart the International Space Station early due to a medical issue.
The agency announced on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 8) that it has decided to bring the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission home from the International Space Station (ISS) ahead of schedule due to a medical issue experienced by a crewmember in orbit.
It will be the first medical evacuation in the history of the orbiting lab,..."
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