美国宇航员滞留太空，有新消息！

NASA and SpaceX are accelerating the target launch and return dates for the upcoming crew rotation missions to and from the International Space Station (ISS), which will bring the agency's two stranded astronauts back home.

The agency's Crew-10 launch now is targeting March 12, pending mission readiness and completion of the agency's certification of flight readiness process, NASA said on Tuesday.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were aboard the Starliner spacecraft launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 5 and arrived at the ISS on June 6.

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原本计划在太空“出差”8天的两人因飞船推进器故障和氦气泄漏等问题滞留。去年9月，“星际客机”不载人返回地球。

During Starliner's approach to the orbiting laboratory, NASA and Boeing identified helium leaks and faced issues with the spacecraft's reaction control thrusters. Initially, the astronaut duo was scheduled to stay at the ISS for eight days.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed at the US state of New Mexico after an approximately six-hour journey from the ISS. No astronauts were on board, as two astronauts were forced to remain in space until 2025 due to a technical malfunction.

2024年12月，国际空间站。图源：视觉中国

A photo of Williams from September, showing her looking notably gaunt, raised alarm about her weight.

Williams has addressed growing concerns about her health. She said that she had been eating Turkish fish stew with olives and rice.

美国滞留太空宇航员布奇·威尔莫尔和苏尼·威廉姆斯 图源：视觉中国

"I think things shift around quite a bit," Williams explained during a live broadcast from the ISS. "You've probably heard of fluid shifts." "Folks in space you know, their heads look a little bit bigger because the fluid evens out along the body," she added saying that even though she looks thinner, she has actually increased her body size.

外国网友表示：这种情况太可怕了！

我看过人们回到重力环境的视频，他们必须重新学习走路。快把他们带回地球。

宇航员骨密度会降低，这就是为什么他们需要进行大量训练以缓解这种情况。

从各方面来看这种情况都令人害怕。

2024年12月，国际空间站。图源：视觉中国

根据NASA在2014年发布的一项研究，女性宇航员比起男性更容易受到太空环境的影响，累积对自身不利的健康因素。

According to a study released by NASA in 2014, female astronauts are more susceptible to the effects of the space environment than their male counterparts, facing increased health risks that could negatively impact their well-being.

The study found that if female astronauts do not increase their food intake accordingly in space, they experience rapid weight loss as their bodies compensate for the calorie deficit.

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