No agency was announced NASA The identity of the astronaut in question, nor any details about his condition or the reasons for his admission to the hospital, for reasons related to “medical confidentiality,” according to what Agence France-Presse reported.
This astronaut is one of the three American members of the mission.Crow 8“affiliated with”SpaceX“, which is a regular mission for the International Space Station crew.
The members of this mission returned Astronauts NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Janet Epps return to Earth Thursday night into Friday via capsule.DragonFrom SpaceX, after spending 232 days in… International Space Station.
A fourth person, Russian astronaut Alexander Gribunkin, was among the members of this mission.
The capsule landed off the coast of Florida in a maneuver that went as expected, according to NASA.
But after the landing, “an astronaut experienced a medical problem,” the agency said in a statement.
The four astronauts were transferred to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola Florida.
After conducting a medical evaluation of them, 3 of them left for… Johnson Space Center In Houston, Texas.
NASA explained that the only astronaut who remained in the hospital “is in stable condition and is being monitored as a precaution.”