International Space Station crew takes shelter in SpaceX capsule as Russian cosmonauts repair air leak
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Stephen Clark
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Five of seven International Space Station crew members took shelter in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Friday as two Russian cosmonauts worked to repair an air leak on the Russian segment of the station. The incident marks an escalation in a long-running issue with the leak, which has been a concern for months. NASA and Roscosmos are collaborating on addressing the problem, which has raised safety concerns aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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· 3 pulledWe look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks.
Five of the seven crew members on the International Space Station briefly sought refuge inside a SpaceX return capsule Friday morning as two Russian cosmonauts worked on an air leak on the other end of the complex.
NASA ordered US astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev into SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft around 9 am EST (14:00 UTC) on Friday.
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