An astronaut in need of medical care is on the way back to Earth. The ailing astronaut departed the International Space Station with three crewmates on Wednesday.

Crew-11 mission from the International Space Station. Crew Dragon Endeavour and its crew of four — comprised of two NASA astronauts, one Japanese astronaut, and one Russian cosmonaut — are scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean a few hours later at 12:40 AM PST (08:40 UTC) on Thursday,

Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov took over control of the International Space Station from NASA astronaut Mike Fincke at 2:35 p.m. EST on January 12, according to NASA. Because of a medical concern with one of the SpaceX Crew-11 members,