NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good well being in Earth orbit, regardless of some hypothesis within the media on the contrary, in keeping with the company.
Tabloids equivalent to The Every day Mail and The New York Put up have revealed tales lately speculating that Williams could also be going downhill aboard the Worldwide House Station (ISS), citing an out of doors physician’s ideas a few Sept. 24 picture by which she supposedly seems “gaunt.”
However there’s nothing to fret about, NASA officers stated in emailed assertion right this moment (Nov. 7).
That assertion burdened that Williams, the commander of the ISS’ present Expedition 72, “is in good well being” and that NASA is “not monitoring any issues” along with her or some other company spaceflyer aboard the ISS. (There are 4 NASA astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts residing on the station for the time being.)
“All NASA astronauts aboard the Worldwide House Station endure routine medical evaluations, have devoted flight surgeons monitoring them, and are in good well being,” the assertion reads.
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Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore arrived on the orbiting lab on June 6 aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. The duo had been supposed to return dwelling only a week or so later, however issues with Starliner’s thruster system prolonged their keep and ultimately satisfied NASA to carry the Boeing capsule dwelling uncrewed.
That occurred on Sept. 6. Williams and Wilmore, in the meantime, will keep aboard the ISS till February 2025, once they’ll return to Earth with the 2 astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission.
There are many provides — together with meals — to help Williams and Wilmore by way of the top of their unexpectedly lengthy orbital keep, NASA officers have stated.
