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Astronauts take shelter as air leaks worsen on International Space Station

A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to ‌fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, Nasa said. The four astronauts of Nasa’s Crew-12 mission aboard the station – two Americans, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut – along with another US astronaut were ordered by Nasa mission control at 9.04am on Friday to enter their SpaceX-built Crew...

Astronauts return to ISS after sheltering during air leak repair attempt

Russian attempt to repair tunnel area sparks safe-haven procedure for five other astronauts onboard.

NASA tells ISS astronauts to ready for possible evacuation amid leak repair

NASA says four astronauts sheltering in transport capsule out of 'abundance of caution' as Roscosmos makes repairs.