美国宇航员滞留太空，有新消息！

一张锥子脸照片震惊网络、土耳其鱼汤配米饭让人担忧——两位美国宇航员，被迫在太空当了8个多月的“钉子户”。

美国哥伦比亚广播公司网站12日称，美国国家航空航天局 （NASA）宣布了具体的返航时间，他们将比原计划提前两周回到地球。

11日，NASA表示，将从原计划的3月25日提前到3月12日发射Space X的“龙”飞船，将新一期宇航员送至国际空间站，并接回包括因“星际客机”飞船技术故障滞留太空的两名宇航员在内的4名宇航员。

2024年7月10日，宇航员巴里·威尔莫尔（右）与苏尼·威廉姆斯在国际空间站与地面连线时发言。图片来源：美国航天局

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.

网友 表示： 这都滞留多久了？ 还提前？

从8天“出差”到9个月“流浪太空”

宇航员苏尼·威廉姆斯 （Suni Williams）和布奇·威尔莫尔 （Butch Wilmore）于2024年6月5日乘坐波音“星际客机” （Starliner）前往国际空间站。这是“星际客机”的首次载人试飞任务。

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

锥子脸刷屏！

女宇航员：我很健康

滞留期间，印度裔女宇航员威廉姆斯瘦成锥子脸的照片引爆热搜。进而也引发了人们对他们身体健康的担忧。

她在一次视频连线时谈到自己的健康问题。她说自己目前身体机能正常，每天会吃她喜欢的土耳其鱼汤配米饭和橄榄。

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

在一次直播中，她表示，照片中的“锥子脸”主要是因为“体液转移 （fluid shifts）”现象：“人们在太空的时候，有时候头部等位置会显得大一些，这是因为人体内的体液在全身更快地转移流动，所以看上去会有些奇怪。”

"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.

但据纽约邮报报道，威廉姆斯表示，她很难回忆起走路和躺下的感觉了。

外国网友表示：这种情况太可怕了！

太空生活很残酷！

我们觉得女宇航员更加瘦削并非错觉。

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。

这项研究发现，在太空环境中，如果食物摄入量不相应提高的话，女性宇航员的体重会快速减轻，以弥补热量缺口。

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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