NASA astronaut who had 'medical issue' released from hospital

The unit completed a 235-day ngo into space.

A NASA astronaut who knowledgeable a "medical issue" pursuing nan successful Space X Crew-8 ngo has been released from nan hospital, NASA officials said Saturday.

"After an overnight enactment astatine Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola successful Florida, nan NASA astronaut was released and returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center successful Houston Saturday. The unit personnel is successful bully wellness and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning pinch different unit members," NASA said successful a statement.

NASA has not publically named nan astronaut.

NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russian astronaut Alexander Grebenkin were successful nan SpaceX Dragon capsule erstwhile it splashed down connected Earth connected Friday, NASA said.

This photograph provided by NASA shows support teams activity astir nan SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft soon aft it landed, successful nan Gulf of Mexico disconnected nan seashore of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 members, from near to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps, are seen wrong nan Dragon spacecraft soon aft having landed disconnected nan seashore of Pensacola, Fla., connected Oct. 25, 2024.

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After a aesculapian evaluation, 3 of nan unit members departed from nan installation and arrived astatine NASA's Johnson Space Center successful Houston, Texas, NASA said.

One remaining astronaut remained successful nan infirmary and is successful unchangeable information and is nether study arsenic a precautionary measure, NASA said.

Recovery of nan unit and spacecraft went without incident, according to NASA.

The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft lands successful nan Gulf of Mexico disconnected nan seashore of Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024.

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NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russian abstraction agency Roscosmos astronaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown together to nan Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola infirmary successful Florida.

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An further aesculapian information of nan astronauts was requested retired of an abundance of caution, NASA said.

The unit completed a 235-day ngo into space.