New images of two astronauts, Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Sunita Williams who are still stuck in space for over 150 days now have sparked serious health concerns, especially with the looks of Sunita Williams.
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These astronauts were sent to space on 5 June, 2024 and they were expected to return that same month but unfortunately, they encountered a technical problem.
It was revealed that the technical issue had to do with the “new Boeing Starliner capsule” that was supposed to bring them back to earth.
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A couple of weeks ago, a report from NASA revealed that these astronauts “will be picked up by the crew of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission, with an expected return date of February 2025.
In this newly released pictures of the astronauts, Sunita looks malnourished and extremely stressed but an analysis from pulmonologist, Dr Vinay Gupta, he claims he doesn’t see Sunita’s life to be in danger as it is normal for her to lose some weight.
Dr Vinay Gupta told reporters, “What you’re seeing there in that picture is somebody that I think is experiencing the natural stresses of living at a very high altitude, even in a pressurised cabin, for extended periods.“
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“Her cheeks appear a bit sunken – and usually it happens when you’ve had sort of total body weight loss. I think what I can discern by her face and her cheeks being sunken in is that [she] has probably been at a significant [calorie] deficit for a while.“
“Based on what I’m at least seeing in the photo, I don’t think she’s quite at a… place where I say her life’s in danger. But I don’t think you can look at that photo and say she has sort of healthy body weight.”
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