NASA's first space station medical evacuation brings Crew-11
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Four NASA astronauts splashed down off the coast of San Diego early Thursday after their mission was cut short due to medical issues, with their spacecraft seen streaking across the sky from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut their mission short and return to Earth.
NASA has never ordered a medical evacuation from space before, but the option has always been available at the International Space Station with lifeboats ready for activation.