NASA ISS Crew Returns Early: Medical Emergency Forces First-Ever Mission Abort in 25 Years

• NASA is bringing back a four-member ISS crew a month early due to a 'serious medical condition' of an astronaut.
• This marks the first time in the ISS's 25-year history that a mission is being cut short due to a medical emergency.
• The spacewalk scheduled for Thursday was canceled prior to this decision, citing 'medical concern'.
• The Crew-11 team includes NASA astronauts Jenna Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA's Kimia Yui, and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov.
• While the astronaut's condition is stable, NASA prioritized health, delaying experiments and maintenance tasks.

Why It Matters: A medical emergency on the ISS forces NASA to return a crew early, a first in 25 years.