NASA Says ‘No Emergency’ on ISS After Airing Distressed Astronaut Simulation Audio

NASA said there is no emergency on the International Space Station (ISS) after audio from a medical drill, in which the crew appeared to be in distress, was mistakenly broadcast on an official live stream.

During the NASA live stream broadcast on YouTube on June 13, a woman who claimed to be a flight surgeon can be heard advising crew members onboard the ISS to “get the commander back in his suit,” check his pulse, and give him oxygen.

“I think at this point, because the hypobaric exposure is the big problem and given his exam, I am concerned that there are some severe DCS (decompression sickness) hits,” she said while advising the crew to put the commander “in the suit as soon as possible.”

Decompression sickness is “a potentially life-threatening condition” that occurs when dissolved gases, such as nitrogen, form bubbles in the bloodstream and tissues, according to the National Institute of Health.

“Unfortunately, the prognosis for the commander is relatively tenuous, I’ll say at this point, to keep it generic,” the flight surgeon added.

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