NASA sends fours astronauts back to Earth in first-ever medical evacuation

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For the first time in history, four astronauts aboard the International Space Station had to leave orbit early, because of an undisclosed medical condition of one of the crew members. Their capsule has landed safely in the Pacific. Story by Solange Mougin.