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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - AUGUST 1: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, right, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - JULY 31: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, Jaxa astronaut Kimiya Yui, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is NASA's 11th crew rotation and 12th human spaceflight mission to the space station supported by the Dragon spacecraft since 2020, as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - JULY 31: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, Thursday, July 31, 2025, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA AUGUST 1: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov onboard at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on August 1, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is NASA’s 11th crew rotation and 12th human spaceflight mission to the Space Station supported by the Dragon spacecraft since 2020, as part of the agency Commercial Crew Program. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)

NASA astronauts to depart space station early due to medical concern

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - AUGUST 1: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, right, NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center to board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-11 mission launch, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission is the eleventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are scheduled to launch at 12:09 p.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at the NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images)

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