Five ISS astronauts shelter in SpaceX Dragon as Russian cosmonauts repair air leak
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Summary
Five of seven International Space Station crew members were directed to shelter inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft as a precaution while two Russian cosmonauts performed urgent repairs on an air leak in the Zvezda service module. NASA has a clear emergency exit plan involving splitting the crew across two separate spacecraft if the leak worsens. The affected astronauts include Crew-12 members Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, Andrey Fedyaev, and Chris Williams.
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Five of the seven crew members are currently sheltering inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon 'Freedom' spacecraft as a precautionary measure.
Nasa has directed Crew-12 astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev to take refuge there, along with Nasa astronaut Chris Williams.
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