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After seven years of leaks, the ISS's PrK tunnel is reportedly shut for good

Summary by orbinauts.com
Russian cargo ships can no longer unload through it and will have to dock twice, Russianspaceweb reports. NASA and Roscosmos have not confirmed it.
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Someone's seriously upset. Russian supply ships may need two dockings during a single mission to deliver supplies and slightly raise the ISS's orbit, and this happens periodically to prevent the station from deorbiting prematurely. This all stems from a leaking tunnel in the Zvezda module, although Roscosmos has already denied the tunnel has been decommissioned.

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orbinauts.com broke the news on Monday, November 2, 2026.
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