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A SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on Wednesday carrying a four-member crew on an emergency return flight to Earth necessitated by an undisclosed serious medical condition afflicting one of the astronauts aboard.
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Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station's microgravity environment
The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — don't necessarily behave the same way on our home planet.
After more than five months in space, four astronauts on a mission known as Crew-11 are about to cut their mission short and return to Earth.