NASA astronaut hospitalized upon return from extended stay in space

This photo provided by NASA shows support teams working around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP) Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, left, and from second left to right, NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps in the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft after landing in the Gulf of Mexico, Oct. 25, 2024. (NASA/Joel Kowsky via AP)

A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday.