On Wednesday, NASA's YouTube channel broadcast a recording indicating that one of the crew members was suffering from symptoms of caisson disease. Watchman.
A female voice asked crew members to check the man's pulse and give him oxygen, later saying his diagnosis was uncertain. Several people on X posted a link to footage with warnings of a serious emergency on the International Space Station.
Eric Berger, editor of Ars Technica magazine, described the broadcast as frightening, while many others were quick to conclude that it was probably just an exercise. It wasn't long until NASA also responded to what happened.
There are no emergencies on board the International Space Station. The audio was accidentally diverted from an ongoing simulation in which crew members and ground teams practice different space scenarios
– They wrote on X. They added in their statement that everyone is healthy and safe, and the spacewalk is scheduled to begin tomorrow at eight in the morning.
There is no emergency on board the International Space Station. At approximately 5:28 PM CDT, audio was broadcast on NASA's live feed from a simulated audio channel on Earth indicating that a crew member was experiencing decompression-related effects…
– International Space Station (@Space_Station) June 13, 2024
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