Mike Fincke's sudden 20‑minute speech loss aboard ISS prompts NASA's first in‑flight medevac; cause unknown
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke experienced a sudden, 20‑minute episode of impaired speech aboard the International Space Station — a rapid event he described as striking "like a very, very fast lightning bolt." The unexplained incident prompted NASA's first in‑flight medical evacuation; Fincke felt fine afterward.