NASA will host a live news conference on Thursday afternoon from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.

NASA will discuss events that led to its decision to postpone the agency's first spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station.

NASA is conducting its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in over two decades due to a crew member's medical issue, though it is not an injury, and the agency is respecting the crew member's privacy by not disclosing their identity.

Credit: NASA NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency's headquarters in Washington to discuss the

The crew spent less than 170 days on the space station. It marked the first time NASA cut short an ISS mission for medical reasons. The departure of Crew-11 leaves the ISS with just three staff members: two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams.

A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station was scrapped because of what NASA called a "medical concern" with an unidentified crew member.

JOHNSTON SPACE CENTER — During an early morning press conference, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed on Thursday that a Crew-11 astronaut suffered a “serious medical condition” while onboard the International Space Station last week.