Crew-11 successfully undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday at 5:20 p.m., a month earlier than expected due to a medical issue. The four crew members are returning to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and are expected to splash down on Thursday morning,

Viewer Jorge Aleman captured the SpaceX Crew-11 reentry as seen from Grass Valley, California.

An astronaut in need of doctors’ care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA’s first medical evacuation.

Four astronauts who left the International Space Station (ISS) a month early due to one of the crew members falling ill have returned to Earth on Thursday.

This was the first time in the 25-year history of astronauts living on the International Space Station that someone had to return to Earth because of a health issue.