A NASA simulation accidentally aired on the space agency's livestream. NASA said all crew members are healthy, safe and preparing for a spacewalk scheduled for Thursday.
The Boeing Starliner spacecraft prepares to dock with the International Space Station for the first time on June 6, 2024.
Audio sent out by NASA about an injured crew member aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday evening was training material, The federal space agency was using the audio to simulate a crew member having decompression sickness, but it was mistakenly picked up on NASA’s livestream. “This audio was inadvertently misrouted from an ongoing simulation where crew members and ground teams train for various scenarios in space and is not related to a real emergency,” the ISS said. “The International Space Station crew members were in their sleep period at the time. All remain healthy and safe, and tomorrow’s spacewalk will start at 8 a.m. EDT as planned.”, saying what the public heard was a test taking place in California.
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