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Astronauts depart ISS to return home early after crew member falls ill

The crew splashed down at 3:41 a.m. ET off Southern California. Areas along the California coast could hear a sonic boom as the spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere faster than sound. Instead of waiting for Crew-12's arrival,

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WATCH: NASA Postpones International Space Station Spacewalk Following Crew Medical Concern

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4 astronauts depart Space Station in NASA’s first medical evacuation

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Astronauts return to Earth after first ever medical evacuation from space station

Four astronauts who left the International Space Station a month early are about to splash down off the coast of California - watch live above

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Astronauts return from International Space Station early after medical situation

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Footage Shows Crew-11 Depart ISS in Medical Evacuation

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Ailing astronaut returns to Earth early in Nasa’s first medical evacuation

SpaceX guided its Dragon capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours after the astronauts exited the International Space Station.

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Astronauts leave space station in NASA's first medical evacuation

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NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISS

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4 astronauts depart ISS, leaving behind just 3 crewmates to staff the orbiting lab

Four astronauts are set to depart the International Space Station Wednesday amid a health concern. The unprecedented early departure will leave behind a skeleton crew.

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Can Rocket Lab come to NASA's rescue with new Mars sample-return plan?

NASA's troubled Mars sample-return program may have a new lifeline, in the form of a proposal from private space company Rocket Lab to help save the mission. However, while Perseverance has been happily trundling along on the surface of Mars collecting ...

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab announces hundreds of layoffs: 'Painful but necessary'

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will lay off a significant portion of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a memo that the company sent on Tuesday. The lab, which specializes in robotic spacecraft and is managed by the California Institute of ...

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Is Laying Off Over 500 Employees - Here's Why

In a brief statement, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Director Dave Gallagher announced that the organization is letting go of around 550 employees at its La Cañada Flintridge facility in California, across multiple departments, including business ...

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NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch shoebox-sized Aspera space telescope in 2026

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch its Aspera smallsat mission, which will study gases in the vast regions of space between galaxies. “As a long-trusted launch partner for NASA’s most pioneering small satellites, it’s great to be able to continue ...

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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.