First-ever ISS medical evacuation triggers Crew-11 homecoming

NASA and SpaceX are carrying out the ISS’s first-ever medical evacuation, sending Crew-11 astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov back to Earth after a medical issue; undocking is set for Jan 14 with splashdown off California about 11 hours later, leaving a skeleton crew on the station and prompting an accelerated change of command to Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. The identity of the affected astronaut remains confidential, and NASA will livestream coverage of the procedures and subsequent events.