A Nasa astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday.
NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Alexander Grebenkin of Russia, were flown to the hospital on Friday for additional medical examinations after jumping aboard a parachute in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast. SpaceX capsule.
Three were released and returned to Houston. A Nasa astronaut – who has not been identified – was kept for observation for an unspecified medical problem. Citing patient privacy, the space agency declined to identify the astronaut or release details about their condition — other than to say the astronaut is in “good health” and will have “normal post-flight recovery with other crew members resumed”.
The crew joined the International Space Station in March and should have been back on earth two months ago. But the return trip was delayed by Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule and Hurricane Milton.
