Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 11:15     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:Ectopic pregnancy?
Kidney stone? Kidney infection?
Afib?


Those are all pretty urgent things. Could be a rapidly presenting and growing cancer. Something that necessitates a sooner return but could wait a few days.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 10:41     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:I'm not buying the sick astronaut story. I'm wondering if there was a threat to the station or something. No way they blow millions just to get home a few days early.


Maybe we aren't getting the real astronauts back.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 10:05     Subject: Re:Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:Elon Musk is the literal embodiment of dr. Evil!

His evil SpaceX cannot be defunded fast enough. Just think of how many of the unhoused right here in D.C. could have safe warm homes, using all the money wasted to useless trips to space and useless endless satellites? People are starving around the globe!


A zillion pluses!!
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2026 08:31     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
I'm not buying the sick astronaut story. I'm wondering if there was a threat to the station or something. No way they blow millions just to get home a few days early.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 11:50     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:They've caught or Astronauts have developed health issues down the line multiple times. Just from the Mercury 7 alone who were put through insane tests, 2 had issues that grounded them either permanently or long term: Alan Shepherd had Menier's disease, Deke Slayton had Afib.

And if the cite person weighs in, this is not obscure info.

The question is whether a mission was ever ended early because of medical issues, not whether anyone ever had any medical issues (or apparently extramarital affairs) in space!



The USSR sponsored and tested the first successful sexual conception of a human aboard one of their Soyuz missions.


Can you imagine this is the mission you’re hired for? Ok, your mission is to have sex for procreation.


If that actually happened. Some posters like to make things up.


Usually it's first hand information from a YouTube video that interviewed the college roomate of the cosmonaut's cousin.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 07:58     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They've caught or Astronauts have developed health issues down the line multiple times. Just from the Mercury 7 alone who were put through insane tests, 2 had issues that grounded them either permanently or long term: Alan Shepherd had Menier's disease, Deke Slayton had Afib.

And if the cite person weighs in, this is not obscure info.

The question is whether a mission was ever ended early because of medical issues, not whether anyone ever had any medical issues (or apparently extramarital affairs) in space!



The USSR sponsored and tested the first successful sexual conception of a human aboard one of their Soyuz missions.


Can you imagine this is the mission you’re hired for? Ok, your mission is to have sex for procreation.


If that actually happened. Some posters like to make things up.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 07:18     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That wasn't me. I never heard about the adding height issue, if it ever occurred.


It looks like it was a guy named Kanai. He reported he'd grown 9 cm and there was some initial concern but it turned out he measured himself wrong.

That’s embarrassing.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 07:00     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They've caught or Astronauts have developed health issues down the line multiple times. Just from the Mercury 7 alone who were put through insane tests, 2 had issues that grounded them either permanently or long term: Alan Shepherd had Menier's disease, Deke Slayton had Afib.

And if the cite person weighs in, this is not obscure info.

The question is whether a mission was ever ended early because of medical issues, not whether anyone ever had any medical issues (or apparently extramarital affairs) in space!



The USSR sponsored and tested the first successful sexual conception of a human aboard one of their Soyuz missions.


Can you imagine this is the mission you’re hired for? Ok, your mission is to have sex for procreation.


Bodily autonomy in the Communist state is not a thing.
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2026 05:45     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They've caught or Astronauts have developed health issues down the line multiple times. Just from the Mercury 7 alone who were put through insane tests, 2 had issues that grounded them either permanently or long term: Alan Shepherd had Menier's disease, Deke Slayton had Afib.

And if the cite person weighs in, this is not obscure info.

The question is whether a mission was ever ended early because of medical issues, not whether anyone ever had any medical issues (or apparently extramarital affairs) in space!



The USSR sponsored and tested the first successful sexual conception of a human aboard one of their Soyuz missions.


Can you imagine this is the mission you’re hired for? Ok, your mission is to have sex for procreation.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 22:46     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:What actually happened?? It's more than a month earlier return.


MYOB
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 21:31     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:Crew-11 (Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, Oleg Platonov) returned early from the ISS due to a crew medical issue. Has this ever happened?


Are we having real-life Fantastic 4?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 21:19     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
What actually happened?? It's more than a month earlier return.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:23     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:Height "citation" (the "cite!" person is annoying but here it is anyway): https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/health/japanese-astronaut-height-apology-intl

He wasn't sent back. He caused concern, remeasured, was wrong, apologized and stayed.

You know what’s annoying? People who make stuff up and then dig in and insist they are right.
It’s not Fox News here! We like actual facts.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:18     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
Anonymous wrote:Height "citation" (the "cite!" person is annoying but here it is anyway): https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/health/japanese-astronaut-height-apology-intl

He wasn't sent back. He caused concern, remeasured, was wrong, apologized and stayed.

I am one of the cite posters (there are two of us) and you literally gave the incorrect information and then are annoyed someone asked because IT NEVER HAPPENED.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 12:56     Subject: Astronauts returned early from mission
This reminded me of some medical emergencies with crews in Antarctica.