NASA astronaut hospitalized after returning from space station

(CLO) A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital after returning to Earth from a nearly eight-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS), according to NASA.

The astronaut landed off the coast of Florida at 07:29 GMT on Friday aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, along with three other crew members: two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut.

Astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenki of Roscosmos returned early Friday. Photo: Joel Kowsky/UPI/REX/Shutterstock

The crew includes American astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Their time in space is up to 235 days, longer than the usual 6-month mission on the ISS.

Initially, NASA said the entire crew had been taken to a medical facility for additional evaluation as a precaution, but did not specify whether all members had health problems. NASA later said only one of its astronauts had a medical problem and that person was taken to a hospital in Pensacola, Florida, near the landing site. The other three members were released and returned to Houston.

"The astronaut is being monitored at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola and is in stable condition, being monitored as a precaution," NASA said in a statement. The agency did not disclose details about the astronaut's health condition.

The Russian space agency Roscosmos posted a photo of Grebenkin standing upright and smiling brightly on the Telegram platform, with the caption: "After completing the mission and landing, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin feels very healthy!".

The crew's return was delayed for several weeks due to two hurricanes passing over the Southeast United States, near Crew Dragon's planned landing site.

SpaceX is currently the only company in the US capable of transporting NASA astronauts to and from the ISS, with a total of 44 flights to the station. Boeing also has a Starliner project as a second transport vehicle, but it is still facing many difficulties in development.

Crew Dragon separated from the ISS on Wednesday afternoon and reentered Earth's atmosphere early Friday morning, deployed parachutes and landed safely in the Gulf of Mexico.

Richard Jones, deputy administrator of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, said Crew Dragon's initial brake parachute had been "hit by some debris," and one of the four parachutes on the next set opened more slowly than expected. However, these incidents did not affect crew safety, and weather conditions at the time of landing were said to be "ideal."

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