A NASA astronaut who skilled a “medical concern” following the profitable Area X Crew-8 mission has been launched from the hospital, NASA officers mentioned Saturday.
“After an in a single day keep at Ascension Sacred Coronary heart Pensacola in Florida, the NASA astronaut was launched and returned to NASA’s Johnson Area Heart in Houston Saturday. The crew member is in good well being and can resume regular post-flight reconditioning with different crew members,” NASA mentioned in an announcement.
NASA has not publicly named the astronaut.
NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russian astronaut Alexander Grebenkin have been within the SpaceX Dragon capsule when it splashed down on Earth on Friday, NASA mentioned.
This photograph offered by NASA exhibits assist groups work across the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed, within the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 members, from left to proper, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps, are seen contained in the Dragon spacecraft shortly after having landed off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on Oct. 25, 2024.
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After a medical analysis, three of the crew members departed from the ability and arrived at NASA’s Johnson Area Heart in Houston, Texas, NASA mentioned.
One remaining astronaut remained within the hospital and is in steady situation and is underneath remark as a precautionary measure, NASA mentioned.
Restoration of the crew and spacecraft went with out incident, based on NASA.
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft lands within the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.
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NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russian area company Roscosmos astronaut Alexander Grebenkin have been flown collectively to the Ascension Sacred Coronary heart Pensacola hospital in Florida.
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A further medical analysis of the astronauts was requested out of an abundance of warning, NASA mentioned.
The crew accomplished a 235-day mission into area.
