A Nasa astronaut who has just returned from the International Space Station was hospitalized for an unspecified medical condition but remains stable, according to the US space agency.
The four-member Crew-8 mission went off the coast of Florida early Friday after nearly eight months aboard the orbital laboratory.
On its way back to Earth, the SpaceX Dragon performed a normal reentry and splash, and the recovery of the crew and spacecraft was without incident, Nasa said in a blog post.
But during routine medical assessments on the recovery ship, an “additional evaluation of the crew members was requested out of an abundance of caution”, it added, without elaborating.
The Nasa astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos astronaut Alexander Grebenkin were all flown to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola.
Three have since been released, while one of the Nasa astronauts remains in hospital “under observation as a precaution”.
Nasa said it would not release specific medical information to protect the crew member’s privacy, but would provide updates as available.
