{"id":60419,"date":"2024-06-13T13:38:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/16adff9f-1785-4aa9-903f-f47d39654423"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T13:39:40","slug":"nasa-says-no-emergency-on-the-space-station-as-livestream-accidentally-broadcasts-emergency-drill","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/nasa-says-no-emergency-on-the-space-station-as-livestream-accidentally-broadcasts-emergency-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA says “no emergency” on the Space Station as livestream accidentally broadcasts emergency drill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 13 June 2024 at 13:38 PM<\/p>

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NASA has told worried space fans that there has been no emergency on the International Space Station.<\/p>

The statement followed the accidental broadcast of a medical drill on the official ISS livestream<\/a>.<\/p>

At 17:28 US Central Time (22:28 UTC) on 12 June 2024, footage from the livestream was replaced with a message stating that the feed had been temporarily interrupted.<\/p>

There then followed audio apparently indicating that an astronaut on the Space Station<\/a> was experiencing decompression sickness.<\/p>

A voice asked the crew to “get the commander back in his suit, get it sealed,” following with “I would like you to check his pulse one more time.”<\/p>

Astronauts could experience decompression sickness caused by spacewalks, which is why they undergo a 24-hour preparation beforehand. Credit: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Concerned members of the public posted on social media, asking whether the situation that appeared to be unfolding on the ISS was genuine.<\/p>

However, NASA denied there was any such incident on its International Space Station social media accounts.<\/p>

The apparent emergency was later revealed to be a training drill taking place at SpaceX\u00a0mission control centre in Hawthorne, California.<\/p>

There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station. At approximately 5:28 p.m. CDT, audio was aired on the NASA livestream from a simulation audio channel on the ground indicating a crew member was experiencing effects related to decompression\u2026<\/p>\u2014 International Space Station (@Space_Station) June 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>