After spending a total of 235 days in space, NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 s plashed down off the coast of Pensacola early Friday morning in what appeared to be a safe and normal return — but within hours the three NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonaut were transported to a local medical facility for evaluation.

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

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to medical facility after successful splash down on Earth — two months behind schedule - The astronauts’ return was delayed by Hurricane Milton and issues with th