Astronauts depart ISS before splashing down on Earth in medical evacuation

This is the moment a SpaceX capsule departed the International Space Station on an emergency return flight to Earth prompted by a medical issue afflicting one of the astronauts. It is Nasa’s first medical evacuation, with the mission being cut a month short. Onboard were American astronauts Mike Fincke and Zena Cardman, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui. Computer modelling predicted a medical evacuation from the space station every three years, but Nasa has not had one in its 65 years of human spaceflight
ISS astronauts begin journey back to Earth in Nasa’s first ever medical evacuation