The departure of the Crew-11 mission has effectively left the Expedition 74 team a little thin on personnel, with only cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergey Mikaev, and NASA's Chris Williams onboard the orbital outpost.

Skywatchers across the Bay Area will have a rare early-morning opportunity Thursday as a NASA SpaceX Dragon spacecraft makes its final pass over California before returning to Earth.

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,

Nasa and SpaceX have conducted a first-of-its-kind medical evacuation from the International Space Station today. Watch live as the Crew 11 astronauts splash down off the California coast following their urgent return.