NASA astronaut hospitalized with medical issue after crew’s delayed return from space station

A NASA astronaut remained hospitalized Friday evening pursuing nan delayed return of a four-person unit from nan International Space Station earlier successful nan morning. 

The unit consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down disconnected nan seashore of Pensacola, Florida, astir 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday. 

All 4 were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola successful Florida for aesculapian information pursuing splashdown, and 1 astronaut still remains, NASA said successful a Friday update. 

The remaining astronaut, whom NASA didn’t name, is successful unchangeable information nether study arsenic a precaution owed to a "medical issue."

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The unit consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down disconnected nan seashore of Pensacola, Florida, astir 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday.  (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

"To protect nan unit member’s aesculapian privacy, circumstantial specifications connected nan individual’s information aliases personality will not beryllium shared," NASA said. 

The different 3 person returned to NASA's Johnson Space Center successful Houston.

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The astronauts’ SpaceX Dragon capsule, which undocked from nan abstraction position Wednesday evening, knowledgeable a normal reentry into nan Earth’s ambiance and landing that was "without incident," 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, Florida.  (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

"We’re grateful to Ascension Sacred Heart for its support during this time, and we are proud of our squad for its speedy action to guarantee nan information of our unit members," nan agency added. 

The astronauts spent 8 months connected nan abstraction station, 2 months longer than expected. A normal ISS ngo lasts for six months. 

It sometimes takes days aliases moreover weeks for astronauts to set backmost to gravity aft surviving connected nan abstraction station. 

A NASA charismatic told reporters "the unit is doing great" during a Friday property convention aft splashdown, without mentioning immoderate aesculapian issues. 

NASA’s Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay astatine nan abstraction position until February aft their capsule was deemed excessively risky to alert them location and returned to Earth past period empty.  (NASA)

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The unit was delayed by some Hurricane Helene and problems pinch nan Boeing Starliner, which yet returned to Earth past period without its ain crew. The Boeing Starliner unit will remain astatine nan abstraction station until February, flying location successful a SpaceX capsule that launched past period pinch 2 quiet seats. 

Originally expected to enactment for a week, Wimore and Williams will besides stay astatine nan abstraction position for 8 months.