{"id":123856,"date":"2024-11-09T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T06:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123856"},"modified":"2024-11-09T13:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T06:05:46","slug":"nasa-still-mum-about-spacex-crew-8-astronauts-medical-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123856","title":{"rendered":"NASA still mum about SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut&#8217;s medical issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>NASA is not yet ready to tell us why one of its astronauts was hospitalized shortly after returning to Earth last month.<\/p>\n<p>That astronaut was one of the four members of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\">SpaceX<\/a>&#8216;s Crew-8 mission to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS), which ended with a splashdown off the coast of Florida <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-8-endeavour-landing\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-8-endeavour-landing\">on Oct. 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>Everything appeared to go well with the landing. Shortly thereafter, however, all four astronauts \u2014\u00a0NASA&#8217;s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-astronaut-jeanette-epps-iss-6-year-wait-spacex-crew-8\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-astronaut-jeanette-epps-iss-6-year-wait-spacex-crew-8\">Jeanette Epps<\/a>, and Alexander Grebenkin of Russia&#8217;s space agency <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22724-roscosmos.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22724-roscosmos.html\">Roscosmos<\/a> \u2014\u00a0were taken to a Florida hospital <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/spacex-crew-8-astronauts-taken-to-pensacola-hospital-for-extra-medical-checks-after-dragon-capsule-splashdown-nasa-says\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/spacex-crew-8-astronauts-taken-to-pensacola-hospital-for-extra-medical-checks-after-dragon-capsule-splashdown-nasa-says\">for evaluation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the four astronauts were released that same day, but one remained overnight &#8220;as a precautionary measure,&#8221; agency officials said in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2024\/10\/25\/nasa-provides-update-on-agencys-spacex-crew-8-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2024\/10\/25\/nasa-provides-update-on-agencys-spacex-crew-8-health\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">an update on Oct. 25<\/a>. That fourth astronaut was discharged from the hospital the next day and is doing fine, NASA explained in an <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2024\/10\/26\/nasas-spacex-crew-8-astronaut-returns-to-houston\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2024\/10\/26\/nasas-spacex-crew-8-astronaut-returns-to-houston\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Oct. 26 blog post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/spacex-crew-8-astronauts-taken-to-pensacola-hospital-for-extra-medical-checks-after-dragon-capsule-splashdown-nasa-says\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/international-space-station\/spacex-crew-8-astronauts-taken-to-pensacola-hospital-for-extra-medical-checks-after-dragon-capsule-splashdown-nasa-says\"><strong>SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut hospitalized in Pensacola after Dragon splashdown, in &#8216;stable condition&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those updates identified the astronaut in question as a NASA spaceflyer. But they did not give a name, nor did they specify the malady or its symptoms, citing the need to protect the astronaut&#8217;s privacy. And, nearly two weeks later, those concerns still hold.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spaceflight is still something we don&#8217;t fully understand; we&#8217;re finding things that we don&#8217;t expect sometimes,&#8221; Barratt, Crew-8&#8217;s pilot, said during a press conference on Friday (Nov. 8).<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-vLEAZKvJTQqXjzK7FweMeN\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-vLEAZKvJTQqXjzK7FweMeN slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This was one of those times, and we&#8217;re still piecing things together on this,&#8221; said Barratt, who&#8217;s also a medical doctor. &#8220;So, to maintain medical privacy and to let our processes go forward in an orderly manner, this is all we&#8217;re going to say about that event at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2048px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:60.06%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a charred cone-shaped spacecraft next to a small boat full of people, lit up in darkness\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4RcxwuLV6ueREZ8NNLEHAE.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida with the four Crew-8 astronauts on Oct. 25, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/Joel Kowsky)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, once those processes have been completed, NASA will let us know what happened, Barratt added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Space medicine is my passion, to be real honest, and how we adapt, how we experience human spaceflight is something that we all take very seriously,&#8221; he said. &#8220;In the fullness of time, we will allow this to come out and document it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crew-8 lasted 235 days \u2014\u00a0significantly longer than a typical ISS crew rotation, which is about six months. But other astronauts have stayed away from their home planet for longer stretches than Barratt, Dominick, Epps and Grebenkin did.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The record for a continuous space stay, for example, is 437 days, set by cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov aboard the Soviet-Russian <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/31999-mir-space-station-30th-anniversary.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/31999-mir-space-station-30th-anniversary.html\">Mir space station<\/a> in 1994-1995.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-spacex-crew-8-astronaut-health-issue-privacy-concerns\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is not yet ready to tell us why one of its astronauts was hospitalized shortly after returning to Earth last month. 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