Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Kimiya Yui and three other astronauts will return from the International Space Station earlier than scheduled due to a medical issue of a crew member, the U.S. space agency NASA has said. The ISS crew members are set to return to Earth aboard a U.S. Crew Dragon spaceship within a few days. It will be the first time that any astronaut will make an early return from the ISS for a medical issue. There is no problem with Yui’s health, said the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, known as JAXA. NASA said the condition of the astronaut with a medical issue is stable but that it decided the crew member be returned to Earth. Details of the schedule of the return will be announced within a day or two. Yui, who departed Earth last August with U.S. and Russian astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, was scheduled to stay at the ISS for about six months. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Japan’s Yui, Others to Return from ISS Early
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