Four astronauts returned to Earth early Thursday, after departing the International Space Station about a month earlier than planned due to a medical issue.

After NASA conducted its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station, the astronauts are expected to splashdown near San Diego.

Four astronauts are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean as they return early from the International Space Station due to a crew member’s medical issue.

An astronaut in need of doctors’ care departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday in NASA’s first medical evacuation.

The members of SpaceX Crew-11 undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, beginning their journey back to Earth. The crew is leaving a month early after NASA announced that an unnamed team member experienced an undisclosed "medical concern.

A crew of four astronauts departed the International Space Station on Wednesday in NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation following an undisclosed ailment with one of the crew members.

Four astronauts are set to leave the International Space Station early after a medical issue, the first such case in the station’s history.

Four astronauts have left the International Space Station a month early, in the first medical evacuation since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998. The astronauts, known as Crew 11, are expected to splash down off the coast of California in the early hours of Thursday local time.