Astronauts take shelter on ISS as Russian crew repairs worsening air leak in transfer tunnel
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Summary
Five astronauts on the International Space Station took shelter in their docked spacecraft and prepared for possible evacuation after an air leak worsened in a Russian transfer tunnel. NASA's mission control directed the crew to take refuge while Russian cosmonauts performed repairs on the cracked tunnel. The order was reversed about two hours later after the leak rate was assessed. Roscosmos confirmed two leaks had been found and addressed.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFive astronauts took shelter and prepared for a possible evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS) during attempts to fix a worsening air leak.
They were directed by Nasa's mission control to take refuge in their docked spacecraft on Friday in case they needed to escape quickly as repairs were carried out by a Russian crew on a transfer tunnel.
Nasa reversed that order roughly two hours later and told the astronauts they could return to the station as the agency and its Russian counterparts Roscosmos examined the rate of leaking air.
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