00:00This has never happened in the 25-year history of the International Space Station.
00:05NASA is moving quickly to bring astronauts back to Earth after a medical issue aboard the ISS.
00:11Officials stress this is not an emergency, but say the agency isn't taking any chances.
00:17NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the crew will be on their way home soon.
00:21Within the coming days, the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft will depart the International Space Station
00:26with Commander Zina Cardman, Pilot Mike Fink, Kimya Yui from JAXA,
00:32and Oleg Plutonov of Roscosmos, and safely return them to Earth.
00:38NASA's Chief Health and Medical Officer says this is the kind of decision
00:41that reflects years of planning for worst-case scenarios, even ones that rarely happen.
00:47In our 25-year history of the International Space Station,
00:50we've had many models and Monte Carlo analysis models that have said
00:54we should have had a medical evacuation approximately every three years
00:59in that 25-year history, and we've not had one to date.
01:03And even in this case, we're erring on the side of caution.
01:07Again, it's not an emergent evacuation,
01:10but we are erring on the side of caution for the crew member.
01:15NASA says the crew member is stable and will be closely monitored once they return to Earth.
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