SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to medical facility ‘out of an abundance of caution,’ NASA says

Four astronauts were unexpectedly transferred to a medical facility after their return from space Friday morning.

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. However, the astronauts “were taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation,” astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos — make up the staff of Crew-8, a routine mission to the International Space Station that was carried out by SpaceX on behalf of

also did not offer any indication of medical issues during a 5 a.m. ET news briefing. “Right now the crew is doing great. They are going to spend a little bit of time on the recovery vessel going through their their medical checks,” said Richard Jones,

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