• NASA will bring Crew-11 astronauts back from the International Space Station, weeks earlier than previously planned, the agency announced Thursday.
• A medical situation with an unnamed crew member caused NASA to make the change.
• NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the astronaut's condition is now considered stable.

Crew-11 mission astronauts wave as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to launch complex LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 1, 2025. From L/R are Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui.

Gregg Newton | Afp | Getty Images

NASA will bring Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth from the International Space Station, weeks earlier than planned, due to a medical situation with an unnamed crew member, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced Thursday afternoon.

The agency said earlier in the day that it had postponed a spacewalk by U.S. astronauts outside the ISS due to the medical situation that arose on Wednesday.