
Last week, media outlets like The New York Post and The Daily Mail claimed that International Space Station astronaut Suni Williams' health was deteriorating — and on Wednesday (Nov. 13), similar conjectures were made about her fellow ISS inhabitant Butch Wilmore. In response to the assertions about Williams, both NASA and Williams herself spoke out to confirm that she's fine. Now, in response to those rumors about Wilmore, NASA has chimed in once again.
"I'll tell you the astronauts are in absolutely outstanding health and in good condition right now," Dr. J.D. Polk, chief health and medical officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington, told Space.com. "So, let me just address that rumor right out the front."