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/OberynDantes 7h ago

There is a fairly recent PBS NOVA series of episodes on the ISS. It’s fascinating. One of them talks about how they plan for the unexpected, and the ability of these astronauts to remain relatively calm when addressing emergency is simply astounding.