Another answer from NASA: What is the health status of astronauts stranded in space?

NASA made a new statement for astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS). In the statement made about Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who are claimed to be in poor health and have lost body mass, it was noted that they are in good health.

Last week, the US and British press claimed that the health of International Space Station astronaut Suni Williams was deteriorating, and today similar claims were made about the other astronaut on the ISS, Butch Wilmore. In response to the allegations about Williams, both NASA and Williams himself have spoken out to confirm that he is doing well.
Now NASA has stepped in once again in response to the rumors about Wilmore. “All NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are doing well. It is unfortunate that rumors to the contrary persist,” Dr. J.D. Polk, the health and medical officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington, told reporters via email on Nov. 13.
The speculation about Williams’ health appears to be based on recent photos released by NASA.

Dr. Vinay Gupta, a pulmonologist not affiliated with NASA, told the DailyMail that Williams’ cheeks appeared “sunken” in the photos and depicted a person “experiencing the natural stresses of living at a very high altitude, even in a pressurized cabin, for long periods of time.” However, Williams had stated in a video interview she conducted on the ISS on November 12, “I weigh the same weight now as I did when I arrived here.”

In an article titled “NASA monitors possible weight loss of second astronaut stranded after raising alarm about health of colleague Sunita Williams” in the US press, an unnamed NASA employee claimed that Wilmore had also “lost body mass.”
NASA astronauts, who have been stuck on the ISS since June 6, 2024, will return to Earth in February 2025 with the Crew-9 mission.
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