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‘No emergency situation:’ NASA live simulation broadcast causes space station scare

Broadcast went out at 6:28 p.m.

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NASA confirmed on Wednesday evening that audio aired live from the International Space Station indicating an emergency was just a drill.

After the broadcast about the emergency on NASA’s live video feed from the ISS, communication went silent, which sent social media into full speculation mode.

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NASA’s YouTube page posted a message that read, “The live video feed from the International Space Station has been temporarily interrupted due to either a change in onboard camera configuration or a loss of signal with the communications network. The video will return when a connection is reestablished.”

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Officials confirmed that all ISS crew members were in their sleep period at the time, and they are healthy and safe.

“At approximately 5:28 p.m. CDT, audio was aired on the NASA livestream from a simulation audio channel on the ground indicating a crew member was experiencing effects related to decompression sickness (DCS). 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,” NASA’s social media post read in part.



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