Overview
- Administrator Jared Isaacman said Crew-11—Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Oleg Platonov and Kimiya Yui—will depart within days after a health issue was identified on Jan. 7.
- NASA withheld the astronaut’s identity and medical details, calling the case non-emergency but a “persistent risk,” according to chief medical officer J.D. Polk.
- A Jan. 8 spacewalk planned for Fincke and Cardman was postponed, and some station activities will be reduced pending crew transitions.
- SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour will conduct a Pacific splashdown off California under standard recovery procedures before the astronauts travel to Johnson Space Center.
- Three crewmembers—NASA’s Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev—will remain aboard as NASA weighs advancing the Crew-12 launch to restore full staffing.