Astronauts splash down to Earth after medical evacuation from space station
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The four members of Crew-11 beamed as they stepped out of their spacecraft after a safe landing.
  • Agrivar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    236·
    3 months ago

    The incident is unprecedented in the history of the ISS, which has been permanently crewed for 26 years.

    Space missions have ended early due to health issues just twice before.

    Hey BBC, I think you might want to look up “unprecedented” in the dictionary.

    • tpyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      “It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth’s orbit in 1998.”

      Fourth paragraph - above what you quoted