Nasa says no emergency onboard ISS after ‘disturbing’ medical drill accidentally airs

Nasa clarified that an emergency had not taken place on board the International Space Station (ISS) after a medical simulation accidentally aired on a livestream. Photograph: NASA via Getty Images

Nasa has been forced to deny that there was an emergency situation on board the International Space Station (ISS), after an official livestream accidentally aired a medical drill which simulated a crew member in extreme medical distress, prompting alarm on social media.

“There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station,” Nasa’s ISS account posted on X. “Audio was inadvertently misrouted from an ongoing simulation where crew members and ground teams train for various scenarios in space.”