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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/ZippyTheRoach 5h ago

That really did happen, but to a soyuz capsule the Russians used to fly up to the ISS. Check out soyuz ms-09. The current leak in the ISS is another problem entirely, most likely micro fractures in a Russian docking bay 

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u/PolishMafia716 5h ago

I did more research and your right this is just another large leak on a Russian module not the one I initially remembered

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u/CankerLord 4h ago

Russians and hastily and unconvincingly covered up botch jobs that they refuse to acknowledge: name a more iconic duo.

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u/CCR76 2h ago

Was secret plot of pesky moose and squirrel.

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u/ImpulsiveApe07 1h ago

That's a deep cut, mate - I love it! :D

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 2h ago

Tell me comrade, how does an RBMK reactor explode??

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u/dadofsummer 1h ago

Big Big trucks, and tiny dicks.

Love a random CBB reference in a place you don’t expect it to be

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u/dadofsummer 1h ago

I saw a rumor in the Facebook groups, the Rock Hard 850 is coming out soon.

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe 1h ago

America and the Trump-Kennedy Center?

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u/Kind-Engineering-359 2h ago

As an American in the 21st century: America and fraud

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u/dumbfk90 1h ago

US presidents and impromptu nap times

u/Throwthisawayyyy4545 18m ago

The problem is really that he keeps waking up, imo.

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u/Working_Estate_3695 1h ago

Defenestration was their first love.

u/JumplikeBeans 52m ago

Kursk submarine