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The first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station in January 2026 left the orbiting lab understaffed for a month before Crew-12 arrived for an eight-month mission. The incident — an unexplained episode of sudden speech loss suffered by astronaut Mike Fincke — exposed gaps in onboard medical capability and raised questions about the physiological toll of extended spaceflight.