After more than 7 months in space, an American astronaut was hospitalized upon his return to Earth

A crew member on SpaceX's Crew-8 mission was hospitalized on Friday, October 25, after returning to Earth. NASA said his condition was “stable.”

NASA announced on Friday, October 25, that an American astronaut is hospitalized after returning to Earth after a stay of more than seven months on the International Space Station.

The US Space Agency did not reveal the identity of the astronaut in question, nor any details about his condition or the reasons for his admission to the hospital, for reasons of “medical confidentiality.”

After all, this is one of the three American members of SpaceX's Crew-8 mission, a regular crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

“medical problem”

Matthew Dominic, Michael Barratt and Janet Epps, NASA astronauts and members of this mission, returned to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule, after spending 232 days on the International Space Station. A fourth person, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebyunkin, was also a member of this mission.

The capsule landed off the coast of Florida, a maneuver that occurred normally, according to NASA. But after landing, “the NASA astronaut experienced a medical problem,” the agency said in a statement. The four professionals were then transported to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola Hospital in Florida.

After a medical evaluation at the hospital, three crew members left the facility and have now arrived at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. NASA said that the only astronaut who remained in the hospital “is in stable condition and under observation as a precaution.”