Space flight is still something we dont fully understand, were finding things that we dont expect sometimes.
Naturally, the first question from the room was, why?
The crew splashed down off the coast of Florida, riding on board a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
The four crew members of SpaceX Crew-8 mission pose for a photo inside SpaceX Hangar X at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Image: SpaceX
The identity and specifics of the astronauts condition were not shared by NASA to protect their privacy.
The unidentified astronaut was released the next day and was in good health, according to the space agency.
Its also possible Rominger was referring to other unusual Crew Dragon flights this year.
Regardless, SpaceX is now under the safety microscope.
No such issue was reported during the Crew-8 reentry, NASA says.
As Crew-8 astronaut Dominicks first time on board the ISS demonstrated, humans experience space differently.
The big things you expect, right?
It wasnt in a book I read, like, hey, youre going to space.
Its going to be hard to sit on a hard chair.'
Well, now we know.
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