Astronaut's Mystery Health Scare in Space

0:00It's March 28th, from your city to your ears. This is Dallas News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Back in January, NASA pulled off its first medical evacuation from the International Space Station in 65 years of human spaceflight. Four astronauts, including a 59-year-old veteran named Mike Finke, had to high-tail it back to Earth after Finke hit a sudden health snag. Details stayed under wraps to guard his privacy until now. Finke broke his silence in a fresh interview from Houston. It went down on January 7th while he was chowing down on dinner, prepping for a spacewalk the next day. He lost his ability to speak, no pain hit, and the whole thing lasted about 20 minutes before he bounced back feeling normal. His crewmates jumped in quick all, six on deck in seconds, spotting he was in distress right away. Finke's no rookie, he's a retired Air Force colonel who's flown four space missions, racking up 549 days in orbit total. That kind of time off planet takes a toll.

1:02Doctors have run tons of tests since he landed, ruling out a heart attack or choking, but the cause... still a mystery. They suspected my tie back to all that weightlessness messing with his body. Fast forward, the station just got four fresh astronauts last month, so spacewalks and experiments are cranking up again. Finke says he's good to go today, but this glitch reminds us space ain't forgiving.