"'It was completely out of the blue,' Mr Fincke said. 'It was just amazingly quick.'"
"'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.'"
"'The space station's ultrasound machine came in handy when the event occurred,' he revealed, and he said he has gone through numerous tests since returning to Earth."
Mike Fincke lost the ability to speak while preparing for a spacewalk on January 7, prompting NASA's first medical evacuation from the International Space Station. His crewmates quickly sought help after noticing his distress. The episode lasted about 20 minutes, and Fincke felt fine afterward. Doctors have ruled out a heart attack and choking, but the cause remains unknown. NASA is reviewing other astronauts' medical records for similar incidents. The evacuation marked a significant event in 65 years of spaceflight history.
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