WASHINGTON – NASA said Thursday it’s considering ending Crew-11’s mission sooner than expected due to a medical situation on board the space station.
The matter involves a single crew member who is stable, NASA said on its blog.
“Safely conducting our missions is our highest priority, and we are actively evaluating all options, including the possibility of an earlier end to Crew-11’s mission,” the statement reads. “These are the situations NASA and our partners train for and prepare to execute safely. We will provide further updates within the next 24 hours.”
The identity of the crew member was not immediately available.
NASA had first announced Wednesday that a medical concern was being monitored on the space station, issuing a statement that a spacewalk originally planned for Thursday would be postponed. The crew member was described as stable then as well.
Crew-11 launched in August from the Florida coast, sending NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov to the space station.
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