Astronaut's Mystery Space Scare: Medical Evacuation & Return

0:00It's March 27th. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. Astronaut Mike Finke revealed he was the one who suffered a sudden medical scare on the International Space Station earlier this year, leading to NASA's first ever medical evacuation for morbid. The 59-year-old veteran astronaut says doctors remain puzzled about the exact cause. It struck on January 7th as he ate dinner before a spacewalk. He suddenly couldn't speak and felt no pain, with the whole thing lasting around 20 minutes. His six crewmates sprang into action right away, grabbing the station's ultrasound and alerting flight surgeons on the ground. The episode sidelined what would have been Finke's tenth spacewalk and cut the mission short for him and two others. SpaceX brought them home on January 15th, more than a month early, and they went directly to the hospital for checks. Several teams have ruled out a heart attack or choking, but they're eyeing his 549 total days in weightlessness as a possible. Factor.

1:00NA says digging into other astronaut's records for similar unreported cases, while Finke has passed numerous tests and feels great now. Finke recently went public to quiet the rumors, and despite feeling guilty over the mission shake-up, his team and NASA's new administrator reminded. Time space comes with risks like this. He's already eyeing a return flight someday.