Four space station crewmates boarded their Crew Dragon ferry ship Wednesday and undocked to kick off an expedited return to Earth Thursday, cutting their mission short because of an undisclosed medica...

An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation.

Crew 11 disembarked the Dragon Endeavour at about 01:30 local time (09:30 GMT) after an 11 hour journey back to Earth, splashing down off the coast of California.