NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
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Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#2Did NASA say when they're coming back? The article didn't mention it.
Should also mention NASA is trying to move up the launch of Crew 12 to cover some of the gap.
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#3Did NASA say when they're coming back? The article didn't mention it. Should also mention NASA is trying to move up the launch of Crew 12 to cover some of the gap.
All I know is that SpaceX said dragon and crew-11 would undock no earlier than Wednesday, Jan 14.
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#4Did NASA say when they're coming back? The article didn't mention it. Should also mention NASA is trying to move up the launch of Crew 12 to cover some of the gap.
Current schedule is departure Wednesday, splashdown Thursday morning: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/01/09/nasa-sp...
Reentry should be visible from large parts of the west coast (if they stick to this schedule).
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#5Why be so secretive? This is not a military mission. These missions cost a lot of taxpayer money (money well spend you may argue), but we deserve full transparency. You don't get to go to space on other people's money and expect privacy. We might want to learn from what went wrong here.
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#6Did NASA say when they're coming back? The article didn't mention it. Should also mention NASA is trying to move up the launch of Crew 12 to cover some of the gap.
Current schedule is departure Wednesday, splashdown Thursday morning: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/commercialcrew/2026/01/09/nasa-sp... Reentry should be visible from large parts of the west coast (if they stick to this schedule).
Thanks!
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#7Why be so secretive? This is not a military mission. These missions cost a lot of taxpayer money (money well spend you may argue), but we deserve full transparency. You don't get to go to space on other people's money and expect privacy. We might want to learn from what went wrong here.
People in general expect privacy when it comes to medical issues.
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#8Why be so secretive? This is not a military mission. These missions cost a lot of taxpayer money (money well spend you may argue), but we deserve full transparency. You don't get to go to space on other people's money and expect privacy. We might want to learn from what went wrong here.
May be it would be better to have a full diagnosis after splashdown?
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#9Why be so secretive? This is not a military mission. These missions cost a lot of taxpayer money (money well spend you may argue), but we deserve full transparency. You don't get to go to space on other people's money and expect privacy. We might want to learn from what went wrong here.
The astronaut in question may choose to disclose that they had the medical emergency and possibly its nature, but it seems wholly reasonable to not single them out (when it affects the whole mission) or disclose their medical status.
Re: NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#10Why be so secretive? This is not a military mission. These missions cost a lot of taxpayer money (money well spend you may argue), but we deserve full transparency. You don't get to go to space on other people's money and expect privacy. We might want to learn from what went wrong here.
The astronaut in question may choose to disclose that they had the medical emergency and possibly its nature, but it seems wholly reasonable to not single them out (when it affects the whole mission) or disclose their medical status.
Disagree; this is completely taxpayer funded and we deserve to know every detail relevant to mission status. In this scenario knowing what illness and why it's grounds for a return is very relevant. That said, I can see NASA delaying information release to figure out a good strategy for it while still respecting any wishes of the sick astronaut with regards to disclosure.