A NASA astronaut is released from the hospital after returning from space

AND NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space was published, the space agency said on Saturday.

Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps of NASA and Alexander Grebenkin of Russia were taken to hospital on Friday for additional medical examinations after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida aboard a SpaceX capsule.

The three were released and returned to Houston. The NASA astronaut – who was not identified – was held for observation for an unspecified medical problem.

Citing patient privacy, the space agency declined to identify the astronaut or release details about his condition – other than to say the astronaut was in “good health” and would “return to normal recovery after the flight with other crew members.”

The crew arrived at the International Space Station in March and should have returned to Earth two months ago.

However, the return trip was delayed by Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule and Hurricane Milton.

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