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He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
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He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.
Mike Fincke, NASA's astronaut who was the subject of the first medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS) at the beginning of the year, confided what happened to him on board. He claimed that he suddenly found himself unable to speak, but remembered that he had not suffered any pain. If the doctors still do not know what might have caused this symptom, they suspect that he might be related to the time that the astronaut has sp…
Mike Fincke spoke for the first time about his problem, which led to the first medical emergency evacuation from the ISS in January 2026
He couldn't speak for 20 minutes - a strange problem that occurred to astronaut Mike Fincke in January, and it went away as quickly as it came. But NASA ultimately decided to evacuate the crew.
US astronaut Mike Fincke has spoken in detail for the first time about the medical emergency earlier this year that led to the first medical evacuation in NASA history from the International Space Station. The 59-year-old veteran astronaut, who has previously participated in four space flights, said that doctors still do not know what caused his sudden illness, ScienceAlert reported.
The astronaut who caused the NASA crew to be evacuated prematurely has broken his silence - Doctors are also at a loss over the mysterious illness.
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