{"id":346240,"date":"2026-06-05T20:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=346240"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:25:02","slug":"international-space-station-astronauts-prepare-to-evacuate-over-air-leak-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/international-space-station-astronauts-prepare-to-evacuate-over-air-leak-national\/","title":{"rendered":"International Space Station astronauts prepare to evacuate over air leak &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Astronauts aboard the\u00a0International\u00a0Space\u00a0Station\u00a0were ordered by NASA to shelter of their\u00a0spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to repair a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.<\/p>\n<p>The 4 astronauts of NASA\u2019s Crew-12 mission on the\u00a0station\u00a0\u2013 two U.S. astronauts, a French astronaut and Russian cosmonaut \u2013 got orders from NASA mission control at 9:04 a.m. ET Monday (1304 GMT) to enter their Crew Dragon\u00a0spacecraft docked to the\u00a0station\u00a0and don their\u00a0spacesuits in case the air leak warrants an emergency evacuation, a NASA official said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NASA and Russia\u2019s\u00a0space\u00a0agency Roscosmos, the\u00a0station\u2019s two primary operators, have debated for months over the cause and potential fixes of small air leaks aboard Russia\u2019s Zvezda service module, a key structure of the football field-sized laboratory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The air leaks have been relatively minor in recent months but escalated on Monday from a pound of air per day to 2 kilos, in accordance with a senior NASA official who asked to not be named.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronauts aboard the\u00a0International\u00a0Space\u00a0Station\u00a0were ordered by NASA to shelter of their\u00a0spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to repair a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said. 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