NASA Astronaut Is Released From Hospital After Returning From Space

Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, (L), NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, (2nd L), Matthew Dominick, (2nd R), and Jeanette Epps, (R), inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on Oct. 25, 2024. NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP

A NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday.

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