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

A NASA astronaut remained hospitalized Friday evening following the delayed return of a four-person crew from the International Space Station earlier in the morning. 

The crew consisting of NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, around 3:30 a.m. ET. Friday. 

All four were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida for medical evaluation following splashdown, and one astronaut still remains, NASA said in a Friday update. 

The remaining astronaut, whom NASA didn’t name, is in stable condition under observation as a precaution due to a “medical issue.”

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“To protect the crew member’s medical privacy, specific details on the individual’s condition or identity will not be shared,” NASA said. 

The other three have returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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