Mike Fincke: NASA astronaut linked to medical emergency prompting early evacuation of International Space Station 

NASA confirmed that Mike Fincke of the Space Crew 11 mission required a medical evacuation out of the International Space Station. According to NASA, it was not an emergency but was a significant event that was sufficient to terminate the mission, one month before the planned time. The problem was the opportunity to have hi-tech medical imaging that was not accessible in the orbit. Its outcome was the earliest specific medical evacuation ever out of the ISS, a silent yet momentous occasion in space medicine.

This was the first medical evacuation of the ISS. The changes that are known to the body in spaceflight in the long duration of the flight include the loss of bone density, fluid movements upwards and cardiovascular system changes and much of it is closely monitored.

Fincke was a pilot of the SpaceX Crew 11 and commander of Expedition 74 in the International Space Station. He affirmed that he had a medical event that required immediate attention by other crew members, as stated by NASA on 25 February.

Fincke is quoted as saying that more diagnostic tests were required on Earth. The line of separation is often that. Ultrasound machines and necessary medical kits are available in the ISS. In case the doctors require high-resolution imaging or specialist equipment only actual choice is to go home.

On 7 January, the problem was seemingly raised. At the moment, Fincke and other NASA astronaut Zeba Cardman were about to make a spacewalk. Only the warning was initiated, cited by NASA as a medical issue on the station. The next day, it was evident that Crew 11 would come back sooner than expected.

Fincke and his crew made about to both crewmates were able to board the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, created by SpaceX, on 15 January. He was accompanied by NASA astronaut Zena Cardman and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov. The capsule detached with no trouble, and hours later, it landed in the Pacific Ocean, off San Diego.

Troopers of the recovery force rushed in. The 4 astronauts were assisted out of the capsule with the help of stretchers. That section can be disconcerting to the home viewers, but it is something one has to go through months of microgravity to be able to do. The body requires some time to adapt to gravity. Balance can feel strange. Blood pressure fluctuates. The legs no longer know what it is like to be waiting. The crew was taken to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla to be examined. Later on, Fincke credited his fellow crew and medical personnel. He is in the process of regular post flight rehabilitation at Johnson Space Centre, Houston.