NASA Still Keeps Crew-8 Member Medical Issues A Secret

The four Crew-8 members while on the ISS (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA The four members of the Crew-8 mission landed on Earth at the end of last October. After undergoing a medical examination, one of the astronauts was hospitalized for medical problems.

NASA did not explain who the astronaut was being treated and what illness he was suffering from, even though the astronaut was only being treated for a day. Until now, NASA is still keeping all information related to medical care from one of the crew.

This is done to protect the privacy of astronauts, according to the US space agency. However, concerns about this medical issue still arise, especially after one of the crew discussed the issue of one of his colleagues being treated.

In a press conference held some time ago, Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt revealed that various unexpected things often occur on spaceflight, including medical problems.

"Aircraft flights are still something we don't fully understand. Sometimes, we find things we don't expect," Baratt said when asked about astronauts being rushed to the hospital, citing Space.

Baratt added that they are still dealing with the medical problems of one of its members. Therefore, NASA and SpaceX will continue to keep their members' medical condition a secret until this problem is handled properly.

"This is one of those times, and we are still compiling various things related to this," said Baratt. "So, to maintain medical privacy and so that our process runs in an orderly manner, this is all we will convey about the current incident."

Baratt, who is also a medical doctor, said the matter was being handled as well as possible. In the future, NASA will reveal what medical problems its astronauts face while traveling in space.

"How we go on human space flights is something we all take very seriously," Baratt said. "In time, we will let this be revealed and document it."

Apart from Baratt, the other three astronauts who are part of Crew-8 are NASA Astronaut Matthew Dominic andaturelek, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. The four of them remained on the International Space Station (ISS) for 235 days, much longer than the average crew rotation mission in the laboratory.