The Iss in the Face of Its First Medical Evacuation: a Rescue that Exposes the Limits of Our Technology
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For the first time in 65 years, a medical emergency forces the evacuation of the International Space Station. Against all expectations, it is not a failure of the care but a technological impasse that dictated the return of crew Crew-11. A portable ultrasound recorder was the hero of the moment, but also revealed the limits of the medical diagnosis 400 km from the Earth. A crucial lesson for future travel to Mars.
Last week, the aerospace world held its breath while Crew-11 was leaving the ISS as a matter of urgency, marking the first medical evacuation in the station's history. Now that the four crew members returned to Earth safe and sound, they held their first press conference. If they kept the secret [...]
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