NASA astronaut hospitalized with medical issue after crew’s delayed return from space station

A NASA astronaut remained hospitalized Friday evening pursuing the delayed instrumentality of a four-person unit from the International Space Station earlier successful the morning. 

The unit consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down disconnected the seashore of Pensacola, Florida, astir 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday. 

All 4 were flown unneurotic to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola successful Florida for aesculapian valuation pursuing splashdown, and 1 astronaut inactive remains, NASA said successful a Friday update. 

The remaining astronaut, whom NASA didn’t name, is successful unchangeable information nether reflection arsenic a precaution owed to a "medical issue."

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The unit consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down disconnected the seashore of Pensacola, Florida, astir 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday.  (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

"To support the unit member’s aesculapian privacy, circumstantial details connected the individual’s information oregon individuality volition not beryllium shared," NASA said. 

The different 3 person returned to NASA's Johnson Space Center successful Houston.

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The astronauts’ SpaceX Dragon capsule, which undocked from the abstraction presumption Wednesday evening, experienced a mean reentry into the Earth’s ambiance and landing that was "without incident," NASA said. 

This photograph provided by NASA shows enactment teams enactment astir the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft soon aft it landed successful the Gulf of Mexico disconnected the seashore of Pensacola, Florida.  (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

"We’re grateful to Ascension Sacred Heart for its enactment during this time, and we are arrogant of our squad for its speedy enactment to guarantee the information of our unit members," the bureau added. 

The astronauts spent 8 months connected the abstraction station, 2 months longer than expected. A mean ISS ngo lasts for six months. 

It sometimes takes days oregon adjacent weeks for astronauts to set backmost to gravity aft surviving connected the abstraction station. 

A NASA authoritative told reporters "the unit is doing great" during a Friday property league aft splashdown, without mentioning immoderate aesculapian issues. 

NASA’s Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams volition stay astatine the abstraction presumption until February aft their capsule was deemed excessively risky to alert them location and returned to Earth past period empty.  (NASA)

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The unit was delayed by some Hurricane Helene and problems with the Boeing Starliner, which yet returned to Earth past period without its ain crew. The Boeing Starliner unit volition remain astatine the abstraction station until February, flying location successful a SpaceX capsule that launched past period with 2 bare seats. 

Originally expected to enactment for a week, Wimore and Williams volition besides stay astatine the abstraction presumption for 8 months.