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NASA has been forced to reassure the public that there is no emergency on board the International Space Station, after audio of a medical drill was accidentally played on a livestream Wednesday night. The regular scheduled livestream was interrupted at 6:28 p.m. ET by an unidentified speaker — apparently a flight surgeon — liaising with the crew on the ISS on how to deal with a commander suffering from serious compression sickness.
She mentions that there is a hospital in San Fernando, Spain, with hyperbaric treatment facilities, in an apparent suggestion of ordering an emergency evacuation from the space station. But after fueling alarm among the space enthusiasts listening, NASA revealed that the scenario wasn't real — the ISS crew were all safely asleep at the time. 'At approximately 5:28 p.m.
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