Posted on 10/26/2024 4:25:51 AM PDT by george76
The 4-person crew had been delayed 2 months, staying at the International Space Station for 8 months
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A NASA astronaut remained hospitalized Friday evening following the delayed return of a four-person crew from the International Space Station earlier in the morning.
The crew consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, around 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday.
All four were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida for medical evaluation following splashdown, and one astronaut still remains, NASA said in a Friday update.
The remaining astronaut, whom NASA didn’t name, is in stable condition under observation as a precaution due to a "medical issue."
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The astronauts spent eight months on the space station, two months longer than expected. A normal ISS mission lasts for six months.
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The Boeing Starliner crew will remain at the space station until February, flying home in a SpaceX capsule that launched last month with two empty seats.
Originally expected to stay for a week, Wimore and Williams will also remain at the space station for eight months.
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Weightlessness is hell on a human body over time.
It’s a wonder anyone is willing to go up there now what with the current state of the federal government.
But they now know they have Elon Musk watching their back.
Still......
thanks to SpaceX astronauts got back safely and much earlier than NASA’s projection of February 2o25.thank you, Elon.
Space virus. Aliens have taken over his body and will soon infest the rest of the planet.
We are doomed.
You beat me to it.
Wrong...Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore weren’t on the return flight...The scheduled flight back had 3 astronauts and one cosmonaut who had been on the station 4 months linger...
Wrong...Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore weren’t on the return flight...The scheduled flight back had 3 astronauts and one cosmonaut who had been on the station 4 months linger...
Oops...linger should be longer...
Oops...linger should be longer...
Thank goodness they didn’t have to linger any longer.
thnxs - i appreciate the correction. once was enough!
Very confusing article ( more bad writing) but I think these were different astronauts.
you’re right-i didn’t realize had more than one set of astronauts delayed in space.
*NASA had more
The Boeing Starliner castaways are still up there, due back in February.
So, the astronaut is in the hospital due to a "medical issue."
This is consistent with the trend of people being admitted to hospitals due to a "medical issue."
That’s right. Humans lose 2% of bone mass every month in space. Imagine what a trip to mars (18 months in space) will do the human body. Mars is a death trip.
I don’t know why it posted twice...This has been happening a few days now...
LOL...True...
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