22 h. ago Astronauts to leave ISS in DAYS in NASA's historic medical evacuation

Four astronauts on the International Space Station will return to Earth in less than a week due to a medical emergency in space.

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24 h. ago Nasa announces timeline of astronauts’ early departure from ISS due to ‘serious’ medical issue

Space agency said crew of four will leave ISS next week with goal of touching down in California on 15 JanuaryNasa has announced when it will commence its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station after an astronaut fell ill with a “serious” but undisclosed issue.The US space agency announced on social media on Friday night that it will aim to have the crew leave the station no earlier than 5pm EST on Wednesday, 14 January, with the goal of them landing near California early on Thursday morning, 15 January, “depending on weather and recovery conditions”. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago As NASA announces unprecedented plans to evacuate astronauts on the ISS, experts reveal what could have gone wrong on board

Experts have revealed everything that can go wrong aboard the ISS that may have triggered this unprecedented evacuation.

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62 h. ago NASA triggers medical evacuation of astronauts on board ISS for first time in history

NASA has revealed why it's made the shocking decision to bring four astronauts home ahead of schedule, something that's never been done before.

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2 d. ago Nasa cancels first spacewalk of year due to medical issue as it considers ISS evacuation

Nasa is considering an early return of some crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after it cancelled its first spacewalk of the year, which was scheduled for Thursday

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3 d. ago Medical emergency in space forces NASA to consider evacuation for astronauts aboard ISS

NASA is weighing a possible evacuation of International Space Station astronauts after a medical emergency was reported on the orbiting laboratory.

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3 d. ago Medical emergency in space forces NASA to consider evacuation plan for astronauts aboard ISS

NASA is weighing a possible evacuation of International Space Station astronauts after a medical emergency was reported on the orbiting laboratory.

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3 d. ago Nasa considering medical evacuation for astronaut suffering unknown problem on ISS

US space agency is ‘actively evaluating all options’ after medical issue arose on Wednesday

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian strikes kill two and trigger hospital fire ahead of Paris peace talks

Overnight attacks trigger evacuations ‘under fire’ at Kyiv medical facility while European leaders gather to seek peace plan breakthrough. What we know on day 1,413Russian strikes on Ukraine early on Monday killed two people and forced night-time evacuations into freezing temperatures, a day ahead of Ukrainian allies meeting in France to revive diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will attend the Paris meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” on Tuesday – being hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron – to discuss security guarantees as part of a peace proposal. Russia’s overnight strikes triggered a fire at a private medical facility in Kyiv, killing one person and wounding three others, authorities said. “Doctors and nurses were forced to evacuate the wounded under fire,” Ukraine’s prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said on X. The attack also killed a man in his 70s in the neighbouring city of Fastiv, ...

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2 w. ago Mount Kilimanjaro horror helicopter crash leaves five dead including tourists

The crash happened on one of Mount Kilimanjaro's most popular climbing routes during what police said was a medical evacuation mission to pick up patients.

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2 w. ago Five dead in horror Christmas Eve helicopter crash on Africa's highest mountain

The helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on Christmas Eve, killing five people, including two foreigners who had been picked up in a medical evacuation

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