Saturday, 6 June, 2026
Orbiting Under Pressure: ISS Astronauts Forced into Shelters as Russian Module Leak Rates Double
By TechShots Studio
NASA briefly ordered five International Space Station astronauts to shelter inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and don spacesuits after a persistent air leak in Russia's Zvezda module escalated from one to two pounds of air loss per day. The emergency "safe haven" protocol was enacted as a precaution during a complex repair attempt. The evacuation alert was lifted hours later when Russian space agency Roscosmos paused the structural repairs to gather more data.
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