A NASA astronaut experiencing a “medical issue” was hospitalized early Friday after returning from the International Space Station, the space agency said Friday. Citing privacy, NASA did not identify the astronaut or provide details about the medical issue.
The hospitalized astronaut, who NASA said was “in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure,” was one of four astronauts who splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida, at 3:29 a.m. Eastern time at the conclusion of nearly eight months in space.
This mission, the eighth operational flight that SpaceX has undertaken for NASA, was known as Crew-8. The astronauts — Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps of NASA and Alexander Grebenkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos — launched in March as part of a regular six-month rotation of crew members on the International Space Station…