A space station commander who returned to Earth three weeks in the past was concerned in a site visitors accident, in response to reviews.
International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 67 commander Oleg Artemyev struck a pedestrian “in circumstances of restricted visibility” on Tuesday (Oct. 18), according to Roscosmos (opens in new tab). (The report was in Russian; translation supplied by Google.) The accident occurred exterior a pedestrian crossing zone “on a poorly lit highway,” added Roscosmos, saying that Artemyev was sober, referred to as docs to the scene and gave first support.
Roscosmos recognized the pedestrian as Anatoly Uronov, who Russian media says was a undertaking supervisor at coaching middle Star Metropolis in Moscow, in response to Russian space journalist Anatoly Zak (opens in new tab). The pedestrian is in hospital within the area at Shchyolkovo “with fractures,” added Roscosmos, which didn’t launch additional particulars of his situation. Artemyev had simply returned to Earth Sept. 29 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, touchdown in Kazakhstan with two different cosmonauts following a half-year of science and spacewalks on the ISS.
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Newly returned spaceflyers usually have a couple of weeks off from driving amid peer-reviewed analysis displaying that their ability to drive is reduced (opens in new tab).
Raffi Kuyumjian, flight surgeon for Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield throughout the latter’s 2012-13 mission, mentioned in 2013 {that a} typical space station resident on a six-month mission can resume driving in about three weeks (opens in new tab), relying on medical clearance. Artemyev landed 19 days in the past and presumably would have been following his personal doctor’s medical recommendation earlier than getting behind the wheel.
Artemyev participated in numerous spacewalks throughout Expedition 66/67, together with one Aug. 17 tour cut short as a result of issues along with his go well with. All points had been resolved for the subsequent extravehicular exercise, or EVA. He assumed command of the ISS on May 4 and held the place until Sept. 28, managing the whole station’s actions from orbit.
Artemyev, whose earlier jobs embrace working within the Soviet Military and with spacecraft producer RSC Energia, has spent greater than 560 days in space throughout three long-duration missions: Expedition 39/40 in 2014, Expedition 55/56 in 2018, and Expedition 66/67 in 2022.
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