NASA Astronaut Leaves Hospital Healthy After Being Kept Overnight After Landing On Earth Yesterday

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The NASA astronaut who was kept under observation at a Florida hospital yesterday after spending a grueling 232 days in space has now been released, the space agency shared in a statement earlier today. Three NASA astronauts, Jeanette Epps, Michael Barratt and Matthew Dominick returned to Earth on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon early in the morning yesterday. Their mission was the SpaceX Crew 8 mission, with the four crew member, cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, representing Russia onboard the orbiting space laboratory.

After their splashdown, NASA shared in a press release that all four had been flown to a local hospital in Florida, and later during the day, it revealed that an astronaut had been kept “under observation as a precautionary measure.”

NASA Astronaut Kept In Hospital Released And Is In Good Health, Says Space Agency

The SpaceX Crew 8 mission was one of the longest duration missions that American astronauts launching from US soil have performed in space. While it was initially slated to return to Earth in August, troubles with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and weather constraints at the landing site stemming from Hurricane Milton and other storms delayed its return. Consequently, the crew returned to Earth two months later than initially planned after completing a 235 day mission, out of which 232 days were spent onboard the ISS.

During the delay, NASA and Boeing spent months testing Starliner…