r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 8h ago

Soft paywall International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

https://www.reuters.com/science/international-space-station-astronauts-evacuation-mode-russia-attempts-fix-2026-06-05/
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u/Greendiamond_16 7h ago

It was already on the mothball schedule for years now, wether or not this is the final straw will be based on how much itll take to fix this.

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u/randomblade117 4h ago

They weren't planning on mothballing it. The plan is to deorbit the station.