NASA tells ISS astronauts to return to planned operations after air leak prompts evacuation alert
NASA said the shelter-in-place ended after Russian cosmonauts paused repairs and took more measurements on the station’s aging Zvezda module.
- NASA officially instructed five astronauts to end their "safe haven" procedures and return to normal operations aboard the International Space Station, lifting an emergency shelter-in-place order after just two hours.
- The cancellation came after Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, paused its extensive repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module's PrK transfer tunnel to allow engineering teams to assess fresh data and measurements.
- Five crew members—including the four SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts and NASA's Chris Williams—had been ordered into a docked Crew Dragon capsule as an absolute precautionary measure during the high-stakes structural repair.
- The emergency response was triggered after the long-standing air leak dramatically worsened, with the rate of air loss spiking from its usual one pound per day to two pounds on Monday, prompting Russian teams to aggressively intervene.
- Roscosmos engineers successfully sealed one of two newly detected leaks using a specialized two-component sealant, and the Russian space agency stressed that there is currently no immediate threat to the crew or station systems.
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Nasa astronauts ordered to prepare for evacuation during space station air leak repair – UK Times
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NASA Provides Update on Space Station Leak
The Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, known as the PrK, on the International Space Station has experienced cracks since 2019 that have resulted in small atmosphere leaks and prompted ongoing monitoring and repair efforts by Roscosmos. NASA and Roscosmos have worked together to identify the root cause while Roscosmos has been applying leak mitigation measures, including temporary and permanent sealants.
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ISS air leak triggers alarm
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 U.S. astronaut were ordered by NASA mission control at …
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