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

NASA said the audio was ‘inadvertently misrouted from an ongoing simulation.’

The International Space Station, on March 30, 2022. Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP

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.