Overview
- Crew-11—Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui and Oleg Platonov—will depart the station on SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour after launching to the ISS on August 1, 2025.
- The astronaut at the center of the medical concern remains stable and unidentified, with NASA withholding details under medical privacy rules.
- Officials said this is not an emergency; splashdown will follow a nominal recovery plan at routine sites, marking the ISS program’s first controlled medical evacuation.
- The Jan. 8 spacewalk by Fincke and Cardman was postponed, and NASA later took live ISS video feeds offline as a precaution, according to NASASpaceFlight.com.
- NASA is assessing adjustments to station staffing, with astronaut Chris Williams remaining on orbit and options under review to accelerate the Crew-12 launch.