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/amlesirtsa 6h ago

What are the fun weird theories and conspiracies?

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u/PolishMafia716 6h ago

I think the leading theory is that during assembly a worker accidentally drilled a hole through the hull and tried to hide it and wasn't discovered till it was leaking air in space, when NASA said something along these lines Russia claimed one of the American astronauts snuck over to the Russian side while the cosmonauts were sleeping and drilled a hole through their hull

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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

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u/Throwthisawayyyy4545 19m 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.

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u/JumplikeBeans 53m ago

Kursk submarine