[U] Breaking: There Is Apparently A Medical Issue, On The Space Station: 5 PM EDT Press Conference

We will await official word, but there is talk of using the Dragon capsule (still docked at the ISS) to bring the affected crew member(s) home early.

Do stay tuned; we will listen in -- in about 20 minutes' time – and then report here:

. . .NASA says that a crew member had a medical situation yesterday, and so will be brought home in the coming days, and another update in about 48 hours on the exact depart time.

The matter involved a single crew member, who is stable. This was not an operational accident -- it is a pure medical related event. Due to medical privacy, it is not appropriate for NASA to share more details about the crew member. . . .

All of Crew 11 will be coming home -- and Crew 12 may launch early. . . .

To protect patient privacy, the name of the individual affected will not be disclosed at this time. Onward.

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