Ailing astronaut, colleagues return to Earth in first NASA medical evacuation

NASA completed its archetypal aesculapian evacuation aboriginal Thursday, erstwhile an ailing astronaut and 3 others splashed down successful the Pacific, much than 1 period up of schedule. The 4 astronauts — NASA’s Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, on with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russia’s Oleg Platonov — returned to Earth astatine 3:41 a.m. EST off…