A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early

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• The crew, shown here at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
• on August 1, 2025, is (from left): Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.
• Gregg Newton/ hide caption toggle caption Gregg Newton/ NASA is cutting short a mission at the International Space Station due to a medical issue with a crew member.
• The agency is planning to return all four members of the Crew-11 mission more than a month early.
• NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the crew would return to Earth "in the coming days." Politics What to know about Jared Isaacman, the billionaire private astronaut leading NASA NASA did not disclose the name of the crewmember or the ailment, citing health privacy.