Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
International Space StationLower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offsto deal with a health issue with one of the crewmembers.
We don't know yet when this will happen; an update is expected in the next day or so. with just three resident astronauts — NASA's Christopher Williams and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev of the Russian space agencyNASA will return 4 astronauts home early in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station NASA considering bringing astronauts home early from International Space Station due to medical issueestablished in 2009 Williams will be the only astronaut on the American segment of the ISS after Crew-11 departs, but NASA is confident that he can handle the responsibility. "Chris is trained to do every task that we would ask him to do on the vehicle," NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya said during a press conference on Thursday afternoon .Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors "Of course, we also do a lot of the operations of the vehicle from our various control centers all over the world, including commercial control centers that operate a lot of our research payloads," Kshatriya said."So, he will have thousands of people looking over his shoulder, like our crews do all the time to help ensure that they continue the groundbreaking science.""The Russians that are on board with him — first of all, they've trained tightly together. They're a great team; they work really well together," Kshatriya said."But they also have qualification to operate the U.S. systems in an advisory mode or an assistant mode and can, if needed, be called upon, with the assistance of MCC Houston or MCC Moscow, to assist in any operations."ISS astronaut evacuation shouldn't interfere with upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission, NASA chief says Shifting to skeleton-crew mode will of course have some impacts on ISS operations. Not as much science work will get done with just three astronauts on board rather than seven, for example. And NASA won't be able to perform any spacewalks, which are two-person jobs. So the ISS will be more vulnerable to contingency situations such as hardware malfunctions, as former Canadian astronautThe agency has not identified which Crew-11 astronaut experienced the health problem, citing privacy concerns, but did say it had nothing to do with the EVA or preparations for it. NASA wants to get the affected crewmember home early to diagnose the problem using the more advanced and extensive medical hardware available here on Earth. The crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission pose for a photo during a training session before their launch to the International Space Station. From left: Oleg Platonov, Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Kimiya Yui.Crew-11 arrived at the orbiting lab on Aug. 2 aboard a Crew Dragon capsule and is most of the way through its planned six-month mission.Since we don't have a firm departure date for Crew-11 or a clear launch date for Crew-12, it's unclear how long Williams, Kud-Sverchkov and Mikayev will have the orbiting lab to themselves. But skeleton-crew operations — a trip down memory lane for the ISS — could end up lasting a month or so. and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life,"Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. He has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.Astronauts beam home Christmas wishes from International Space Station: 'I think we may be orbiting a little higher than Santa' Strange cosmic objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be baby 'platypus' galaxies — or something entirely new 'I was done. I was burned out': Gerard Butler on the rigors of making disaster sequel 'Greenland 2: Migration' Jupiter is at its best and brightest of 2026 tonight! Here's what to expect as the gas giant reaches opposition Strange cosmic objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be baby 'platypus' galaxies — or something entirely new 'I was done. I was burned out': Gerard Butler on the rigors of making disaster sequel 'Greenland 2: Migration'
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