NASA insists on Sunita Williams, mysteriously hospitalised astronauts’ security amid escalating well being considerations

The delayed return, partly attributed to the Williams-Wilmore predicament, adopted up with the crew members being instantly transferred to a Florida medical facility. Although the preliminary checkups have been merely procedural, one unspecified astronaut from the group needed to keep again within the hospital as a consequence of a “medical difficulty.”

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Mounting well being considerations after new Sunita Williams picture surfaces from the ISS

Hot on the heels of that replace, docs raised alarms concerning the nonetheless stranded Starliner astronauts’ well being as latest pictures confirmed the Indian-origin Williams jarringly gaunt. Her considerably noticeable weight reduction after being caught on the International Space Station for over 150 days was particularly spotlighted as a pink flag in mild of the Crew-8 member, a fellow previously stranded astronaut who spent 232 days on the ISS, being hospitalised in a single day although the opposite three have been discharged the identical day. At the time, upholding their concentrate on the crew member’s medical privateness, NASA refused to launch any extra details about who was in search of medical consideration and why.

NASA official responds to alarming calls

However, with Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams’ “gaunt” transformation as the most recent trigger for uproar within the headlines, the US authorities company was compelled to launch a press release by way of Daily Mail. Ensuring that Williams and her accompanying astronauts aboard the ISS are doing high-quality, NASA spokesperson Jimi Russell advised the tabloid, “All NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station endure routine medical evaluations, have devoted flight surgeons monitoring them, and are in good well being.”

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Williams and Wilmore are poised to hitch a experience again to Earth with two SpaceX Crew-9 mission members. Nonetheless, they’re anticipated to stay aboard the ISS till February 2025 a minimum of. NASA has constantly assured the astronauts’ well-being however long-term area missions inevitably trigger these concerned to lose bone density, physique fats, and muscle mass whereas they’re uncovered to extended radiation. Other harsh well being points embody imaginative and prescient issues, kidney stones and rising susceptibility to infections. A