On Thursday (Jan. 8), NASA announced that it will bring the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission back to Earth early to deal with a health issue with one of the crewmembers.

A crew member aboard the International Space Station has a medical issue that forced postponement of today's two-astronaut spacewalk — and NASA is considering sending the Crew-11 astronauts home earli...

NASA’s chief health and medical officer, James “JD” Polk, said the affected astronaut is “absolutely stable” and that this isn’t a case of an emergency evacuation.