Crew-11 mission astronauts pause outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to launch complex LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 1, 2025. From left: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut and mission commander Zena Cardman, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui. The crew will live and work aboard the International Space Station for at least six months. | Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images
The first medical evacuation in the history of the International Space Station (ISS) is happening today....
HALO NEWSLETTER
Join HALO today and unlock this story instantly — It's Free