The three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut spent 232 days aboard the International Space Station, according to NASA
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut splashed to Earth early Friday, Oct. 25, after a nearly eight-month science mission at the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX Crew-8 mission had a safe splashdown and recovery after landing in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, at 3:29 a.m. local time -- the space agency's eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the ISS, NASA said in a news release.
"After launching March 3 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, spent 232 days aboard the space station," according to the agency.
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One of NASA's astronauts was taken to a hospital in Pensacola for an undisclosed medical issue after the group returned, the Associated Press reported.
The astronaut has not been identified, but the space agency said they were in stable condition and were hospitalized as a "precautionary measure." NASA news chief Cheryl Warner said in a statement that the group was "taken to a local medical facility for additional evaluation," CNN reported.
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The crew had been expected to return home two months ago but faced a series of delays. Their trip was not only stalled by problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule -- which have led to two astronauts being stranded in space for months -- but also Hurricane Milton, which aused high wind and rough seas, according to the AP.
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"During their mission, crew members traveled nearly 100 million miles and completed 3,760 orbits around Earth," NASA said in its news release. "They conducted new scientific research to advance human exploration beyond low Earth orbit and benefit human life on Earth."
Starliner test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been in space since June 5 and arrived at the ISS in September after the Starliner vehicle they were aboard experienced helium leaks and malfunctioning thrusters, are due to return to Earth in February.