Astronauts Splash Down To Earth After Medical Evacuation From ISS (bbc.com)
(Thursday January 15, 2026 @10:30PM (BeauHD)
from the bittersweet dept.)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/01/15/2134216/astronauts-splash-down-to-earth-after-medical-evacuation-from-iss
- Source link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205r8n0276o
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC:
> Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have [1]landed back on Earth after their stay in space was [2]cut short by a month due to a "serious" medical issue . The crew's captain, Nasa astronaut Mike Fincke, exited the spacecraft first, smiling and wobbling slightly on his feet before lying down on a gurney, following normal procedures. Nasa's Zena Cardman, Japan's Kimiya Yui and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov followed, waving and beaming at cameras. "It's so good to be home!", said Cardman.
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> It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998. The team, known as Crew-11, will now receive medical checks before being flown back to land after the splash down off the coast of California. In a news conference after splash-down, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman said the sick astronaut is "fine right now" and in "good spirits." Judging by past Nasa communications about astronauts' health, it is unlikely that the identity of the crew member or details of the health issue will be released to the public.
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> Control of the ISS has been handed over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and two other crew members. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on August 1 expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. They were due to come home in mid-February. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk by Fincke and Cardman was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill.
[1] https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-spacex-crew-11-mission-returns-splashes-down-off-california/
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205r8n0276o
> Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have [1]landed back on Earth after their stay in space was [2]cut short by a month due to a "serious" medical issue . The crew's captain, Nasa astronaut Mike Fincke, exited the spacecraft first, smiling and wobbling slightly on his feet before lying down on a gurney, following normal procedures. Nasa's Zena Cardman, Japan's Kimiya Yui and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov followed, waving and beaming at cameras. "It's so good to be home!", said Cardman.
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> It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998. The team, known as Crew-11, will now receive medical checks before being flown back to land after the splash down off the coast of California. In a news conference after splash-down, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman said the sick astronaut is "fine right now" and in "good spirits." Judging by past Nasa communications about astronauts' health, it is unlikely that the identity of the crew member or details of the health issue will be released to the public.
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> Control of the ISS has been handed over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and two other crew members. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on August 1 expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. They were due to come home in mid-February. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk by Fincke and Cardman was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill.
[1] https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-spacex-crew-11-mission-returns-splashes-down-off-california/
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205r8n0276o
Re: (Score:2)
by Valgrus Thunderaxe ( 8769977 )
Putin didn't slip on his tea, did he?
Re: (Score:2)
by Firethorn ( 177587 )
Odds are that it either didn't have anything to do with being in space, or the doctors and scientists in a position to address the issue have or will get access, even if in barely anonymized form.
A bunch of IT nerds are not in the need to know.
Re: (Score:3)
by Tim the Gecko ( 745081 )
> So, do we have to preserve the privacy of someone going on a jolly jaunt on the taxpayers' dollar
When the three astronauts rip off their monitoring electrodes in Apollo 13 , it's great to know that someone in the movie theater was saying "Won't somebody think of the taxpayers?"
Have to re-watch ... (Score:2)
by PPH ( 736903 )
... The Astronaut's Wife.
Somone (Score:2, Interesting)
got preggers.
Re:Somone (Score:4, Informative)
I'm a doctor, so: Which man ?
Re: (Score:2)
If you watched the return, we can confidently eliminate Oleg Platonov.
Re: (Score:2)
In fact, after staring intently at Mr. Platonov - several women reportedly became UN-pregnant...
Re: Somone (Score:2)
assuming this is not a joke i donâ(TM)t get (likely) there appear to be two women. pregnancy was also my first guess. And it might actually be a legit experiment (ethics aside).
Re: (Score:2)
I couldn’t think of a less sexy place. A sealed tin can with several other occupants. Well maybe a port a john.
Re: (Score:1)
120 mile high club brah.