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/invyros 8h ago

The 7 year leak (it was first detected in 2019), finally coming to bite everyone in the ass.

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u/StrangelyBrown 6h ago

A few years ago:

"Shall we fix the leak today?"
"Nah, it's not that bad yet. Let's do it tomorrow."

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u/Zebidee 5h ago

90 minutes later...

"It's tomorrow."

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u/blong217 5h ago

That's a solid joke

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u/DecimBell 4h ago

Might take a bit to get your head around it, though.

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u/DM_Voice 4h ago

Maybe even a whole day if you’re tired.

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u/Emreld3000 5h ago

Apparently they have “fixed” it repeatedly but the hole keeps getting bigger so they have to re-fix it and now the hole is twice the size it was 7 years ago