The Astronaut who Prompted NASA’s First Medical Evacuation earlier this year, said 3/27/2026 that Doctors still Don’t Know why He Suddenly Fell Sick at the International Space Station (ISS).
Four times Mike Fincke said He was eating Dinner after Prepping for a Spacewalk, th Next Day He couldn’t Talk and remembers No Pain, but His anxious Crewmates Jumped-into-Action, after Seeing Him in Distress and Requested Help from Flight Surgeons on the Ground. “It was completely out of the blue. It was just amazingly quick," He said.
Fincke, 59, a Retired Air Force colonel, said the Episode Lasted roughly 20 Minutes, and He felt Fine Afterward. He said He still Does. He never Experienced anything like that Before or Since.
Doctors have Rruled Out a Heart Attack and Fincke said He wasn't Choking, but Eeverything else is still on the Table, and could be Related to His 549 Days of Weightlessness. He was 5½ Months into His Latest Space Sstation Stay, when the Problem Struck Like “a very, very fast lightning bolt.”
“My crewmates definitely saw that I was in distress,” He said, with All Six gathering around Him. “It was all hands on deck within just a matter of seconds.”
Fincke said He can’t Provide any more Details about His Medical Episode. The Space Agency wants to make sure that Other Astronauts do Not Feel that their Medical Privacy will be Compromised if something Happens to Them, He said.
The Space Station's Ultrasound Machine came In-Handy when the Event Occurred, He said, and He's gone through Numerous Tests since Returning to Earth. NASA is Poring through other Astronauts' Medical Records to see if any Related Instances might have Happened in Space, He said.
He still Feels Bad that His Illness caused the Spacewalk to be Canceled, it would have been His 10th Spacewalk but First for Crewmate Zena Cardman, and Resulted in an Early Return for Her and their Two other Crew-Mates. SpaceX brought them back on 1/15/2026, more than a Month Early, and they went Straight to the Hospital.
“I’ve been very lucky to be super healthy. So this was very surprising for everyone,” He said. Fincke Stopped Ppologizing to Everybody, after NASA's New Administrator Jared Isaacman (R) Ordered Him to Stop.
“This wasn’t you. This was space, right?" His Colleagues Assured Him. “You didn’t let anybody down.” Ever the Optimist, He's Holding Out Hope that He can Return to Space One Day.
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