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 set up to return 2 weeks ago yet those strategies needed to be postponed because of weather disruptions brought on by Hurricane Milton.
NASA claimed 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 claimed 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 precisely the additional examinations were essential.
The team had actually invested the previous 7 months performing thousands of clinical experiments aboard the ISS, consisting of some performed with stem cells and plants in addition to others interested in 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)
