NASA Astronauts Won’t Say Which One of Them Got Sick After Almost 8 Months in Space

CAPE CANAVERAL: Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged station mission ended with a trip to hospital last month declined to say which one of m was sick.

Astronauts Matw Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps publicly discussed ir flight for first time since returning from International Station on Oct. 25. y spent nearly eight months in orbit, longer than expected because of all trouble with Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule and rough wear, including Hurricane Milton.

Soon after ir X capsule splashed down in Gulf of Mexico off Florida coast, three were taken to a hospital in nearby Pensacola along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, who launched with m back in March.

One of Americans ended up spending night re for an undisclosed “medical issue.” NASA declined to say who was hospitalized or why, citing medical privacy.

When asked at Friday’s news conference which one h been sick, astronauts refused to comment. Barratt, a doctor who specializes in medicine, declined to even describe symptoms that unidentified astronaut h.

“flight is still something we don’t fully understand. We’re finding things that we don’t expect sometimes. This was one of those times and we’re still piecing things toger on this,” said Barratt, only member of crew who h flown in before.
Epps said everyone is different in how y respond to -- and gravity.

“That’s part that you can’t predict,” she said, ding, “Every day is better than day before.”
Dominick said little things like sitting comfortably in a hard chair took several days to get used to once he returned. He said he didn’t use tremill at all during his time in , as part of an experiment to see what equipment might be pared on a long trip to Mars. first time he walked was when he got out of capsule.

two astronauts who served as test pilots for Boeing’s Starliner — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — will remain at station until February, flying back with X. Starliner returned empty in September.

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