NASA’s first medical evacuation from space went smoothly with the four members of SpaceX Crew-11 splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast early Thursday after an overnight departur...

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, with two Nasa astronauts, a Japanese crewmember, and a Russian cosmonaut aboard, undocked from the station at around 3:30 am IST.

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.