NASA astronaut hospitalized with ‘medical issue’ after splash landing

A NASA astronaut aboard SpaceX Dragon was treated for an undisclosed “medical issue” pursuing the rocket’s long-awaited splash landing disconnected the seashore of Florida.

“After safely splashing down connected Earth arsenic portion of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission Friday, a NASA astronaut experienced a aesculapian issue,” NASA said successful a property statement.

NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps were taken to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola successful Florida on with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, the abstraction bureau said Friday.

This photograph provided by NASA shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, left, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, 2nd from left, Matthew Dominick, 2nd from right, and Jeanette Epps, right, wrong the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX betterment vessel MEGAN soon aft having landed successful the Gulf of Mexico disconnected the seashore of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

Three of the explorers were aboriginal flown to Houston, Texas, portion 1 remained behind. NASA didn’t merchandise the sanction of the astronaut receiving ongoing attraction arsenic a substance of privacy. It doesn’t look that individual’s wellness contented was connected with a problematic landing.

“During its instrumentality to Earth, the SpaceX Dragon executed a mean introduction and splashdown,” according to NASA. “Recovery of the unit and the spacecraft was without incident. During regular aesculapian assessments connected the betterment ship, the further valuation of the unit members was requested retired of an abundance of caution.”

NASA said it would supply an update erstwhile much accusation becomes available. Astronauts’ bodies sometimes instrumentality anyplace from a mates days to a mates weeks to reacclimate to Earth’s gravity aft being weightless successful abstraction for respective months.

This photograph provided by NASA shows a subordinate of the enactment squad arsenic they enactment astir the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft soon aft it landed, successful the Gulf of Mexico disconnected the seashore of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

SpaceX Dragon parachuted the Gulf of Mexico adjacent Pensacola, ending a 235-day ngo that included 232 days connected the International Space Station, wherever its passengers participated successful technological research.

The crew’s instrumentality to Earth was delayed by capsule issues and unsafe conditions associated with Hurricane Milton. The astronauts expected to beryllium backmost respective weeks ago, but the Boeing Starliner astronaut capsule that was expected to bring them location encountered mechanical complications. NASA uses spacecrafts from Boeing and SpaceX to shuttle researchers to and from the abstraction station.

While waiting to travel come, the unit was forced to stay astatine the station, which ideally hosts 7 guests alternatively than the 11 who were there. Space.com said the International Space Station erstwhile housed 13 visitors. Four Americans stay aboard the station. They are among the 10 humans presently successful space, according to WhoIsInSpacec.com. The others are Russian and Chinese.

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