Nasa astronaut in hospital after extended space station mission

Soon after splashdown, Nasa said one of its astronauts had a “medical issue” and was flown to a hospital in Pensacola, Florida, as a precaution

The four astronauts are back on Earth (Nasa/Joel Kowsky via AP)

A Nasa astronaut has been taken to hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station mission which was extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.

A SpaceX capsule carrying three Americans and one Russian parachuted before dawn into the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast after undocking from the International Space Station mid-week.