"The International Space Station (ISS) returned to full strength with Saturday's arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns. SpaceX delivered the US, French and Russian astronauts a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral. Last month's medical evacuation was Nasa's first in 65 years of human spaceflight. One of four astronauts launched by SpaceX last summer suffered what officials described as a serious health issue, prompting their hasty return."
"That left only three crew members to keep the place running one American and two Russians prompting Nasa to pause spacewalks and trim research. Moving in for eight to nine months are Nasa's Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, France's Sophie Adenot, and Russia's Andrei Fedyaev. Meir, a marine biologist, and Fedyaev, a former military pilot, have visited the ISS before."
"During her first space station visit in 2019, Meir took part in the first all-female spacewalk. Adenot, a military helicopter pilot, is only the second French woman to visit space. Hathaway is a captain in the US navy. Nasa has refused to divulge the identity of the astronaut who fell ill in orbit on 7 January or explain what happened, citing medical privacy."
The International Space Station returned to full crew strength after four new astronauts arrived aboard a SpaceX flight launched from Cape Canaveral. A medical evacuation in January marked Nasa's first such return in 65 years of human spaceflight, after one astronaut experienced a serious health issue and four crew members returned early. The temporary reduction left only three crew, halting spacewalks and reducing research. The new eight-to-nine-month crew includes Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrei Fedyaev; Meir and Fedyaev are station veterans. Nasa declined to identify the ill astronaut for medical-privacy reasons and said preflight medical checks for replacements were unchanged.
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