Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, left, and NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, second from left, Matthew Dominick, second from right, and Jeanette Epps, right, are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on Friday. NASA Photo by Joel Kowsky/UPI |
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All four were taken to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in good health for standard post-flight medical observation, but one remained overnight as a precautionary measure.
NASA did not release the astronaut's identity to protect that person's medical privacy.
The four crew members completed a 235-day mission, including 232 days aboard the International Space Station.
They conducted scientific research while on the ISS, where astronauts Sunni Williams and Butch Wilmore remain until their newly scheduled return in February.
Problems with the Starliner caused NASA to keep them on the ISS until a SpaceX Crew-9 mission returns them to Earth.
The Starliner successfully returned to Earth with no crew aboard on Sept. 7.