Three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut went back 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 actually been arranged to return 2 weeks ago yet those strategies needed to be postponed because of weather disruptions brought on by Hurricane Milton.
NASA stated the team had actually gotten medical examinations upon leaving the Space X Crew Dragon spacecraft that flew them home, yet included that the 4, “were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation” after crashing in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida
NASA stated the action had actually been taken “out of an abundance of caution,” which “all crew members were flown to the facility together.”
No reference was made from why specifically the added examinations were essential.
The team had actually invested the previous 7 months performing numerous clinical experiments aboard the ISS, consisting of some carried out with stem cells and plants along with others worried about the wellness of astronauts precede.
Two various other stuck-in-space astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose very own goal went from 8 days to 8 months, will certainly stay on the ISS till February following year.
js/lo (dpa, Reuters)
