Three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut went again to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) Friday after 7 months in orbit.
The 4, Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin had really been set as much as return 2 weeks in the past but these methods wanted to be postponed due to climate disruptions introduced on by Hurricane Milton.
NASA claimed the group had really gotten medical examinations upon leaving the Space X Crew Dragon spacecraft that flew them house, but included that the 4, “were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation” after crashing within the Gulf of Mexico close to Pensacola, Florida.
NASA claimed the motion had really been taken “out of an abundance of caution,” which “all crew members were flown to the facility together.”
No reference was made for exactly why the extra examinations had been important.
The group had really invested the earlier 7 months performing 1000’s of scientific experiments aboard the ISS, consisting of some carried out with stem cells and vegetation along with others within the wellness of astronauts precede.
Two varied different stuck-in-space astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose very personal purpose went from 8 days to eight months, will definitely keep on the ISS till February following yr.
js/lo (dpa, Reuters)
