Watch live: NASA, SpaceX conduct 'medical evacuation' of Crew-11 from the Space Station

The SpaceX Crew-11 mission is coming to a close with the crew preparing to depart the International Space Station Wednesday afternoon and splashdown off the coast of California in the predawn hours on Thursday.

The quartet are leaving a little more than a month earlier than the original planned departure date in response to a "serious medical concern" with one of the crew members that caused NASA to postpone two scheduled spacewalks. This is the first time that an astronaut medical issue caused NASA to end a mission earlier than planned.

NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Finke along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov will suit up in their Dragon flight suits before giving one final goodbye to the three remaining members of Expedition 74.

They’re set to close the hatch on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft sometime after 3 p.m. EST (2000 UTC) with undocking scheduled for 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 UTC).

Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning around 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 UTC). Timing is subject to change depending on the launch time of the Starlink 6-98 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. You can find live coverage of that mission here: https://www.youtube.com/live/75OEdhN2_10?si=u_aAko8hQpy5BBx4

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