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Title: NASA Reveals Identity of Astronaut Who Suffered Medical Incident
Aboard ISS

Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/02/27/0...

Longtime Slashdot reader ArchieBunker shares a report from NBC News: NASA
revealed that astronaut Mike Fincke was the crew member who suffered a
medical incident at the International Space Station in January, which
prompted the agency to carry out the first evacuation due to a medical issue
in the space station's 25-year history. The rare decision to cut a mission
short and bring Fincke and three other crew members home early made for a
dramatic week in space early this year. In a statement released by NASA "at
the request of Fincke," the veteran astronaut said he experienced a medical
event on Jan. 7 "that required immediate attention" from his space station
crew members. "Thanks to their quick response and the guidance of our NASA
flight surgeons, my status quickly stabilized," Fincke, 58, said in the
statement. [...] In his statement, Fincke thanked his Crew-11 colleagues,
along with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-
Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, who were also aboard the space station at the
time and are still in space. Fincke also thanked the teams at NASA, SpaceX
and the medical professionals at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. "Their
professionalism and dedication ensured a positive outcome," he said. Fincke
ended his statement by saying he is "doing very well" and still actively
involved with standard post-flight reconditioning at NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston. "Spaceflight is an incredible privilege, and sometimes it
reminds us just how human we are," he said. "Thank you for all your support."

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