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NASA's Mike Fincke Identifies Himself as the Ailing Astronaut Who Prompted Space Station Evacuation
Fincke's medical event aboard the ISS led to NASA's first medical evacuation, cutting the Crew-11 mission short and prompting hospital evaluation after splashdown.
- In a written statement, Mike Fincke, NASA astronaut, identified himself as the crew member whose medical condition prompted NASA's first medical evacuation last month aboard the International Space Station.
- Aboard the International Space Station, the crew responded after a medical event that required immediate attention, and crewmates plus flight surgeons stabilized him using the space station ultrasound.
- Their mission ended early on Jan. 15 with a Pacific splashdown, and all four astronauts were taken to a San Diego hospital before flying home to Houston.
- Fincke said he's doing well now, describing his condition as stabilized after treatment aboard the station and on the ground, adding `Spaceflight is an incredible privilege, and sometimes it reminds us just how human we are,` in his written statement.
- Fincke, a 58-year-old retired Air Force colonel, has logged 549 days in space over four missions, and became an astronaut in 1996, as he described the episode.
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