It’s refreshing to hear a government organization being upfront and honest for once. Astronaut Col. Mike Fincke has been making the rounds this week, explaining what happened to him and why he needed to be evacuated from the International Space Station. Fincke and the rest of the SpaceX Crew-11 members, Zena Cardman, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov, were launched into space on August 1, 2025, and were scheduled to return sometime in February 2026. However, the mission had to be cut short due to a medical problem that Fincke experienced. Fincke was scheduled to perform a spacewalk on January 8, 2026, but while eating dinner the day before, the other crew members noticed that he wasn’t talking and appeared to …
