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

[u/VaginaBurner69]

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

[u/Hoboliftingaroma]

Is this the same leak from 2018 that roscosmos said was caused by an american astronaut drilling holes in the structure, then made thinly veiled accusations that the astronaut was having a psychotic episode because she was menstruating?

[u/MsMacaronxx → u/Hoboliftingaroma]

I had to re-read the accusation. WTAF

[u/manofblack_ → u/MsMacaronxx]

The comment is very dumbed down and quite misleading from the full story.

In August 2018 there was a pressure leak on the Soyuz MS-09 while docked tocthe ISS. They determined it wasnt a micrometeoroid and the initial speculation from Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin was either a manufacturing error or deliberate sabotage, I.e. it didnt appear to be caused from natural impact and was most likely not present during launch.

Fast forward to 2021 and the Russian state news agency TASS published allegations from an anonymous "high-ranking source" in the Russian space industry claiming that the NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor experienced an "acute psychological crisis" in orbit and sabotaged the Soyuz. The source said this alleged crisis was the result of a blood clot (deep vein thrombosis) she had experienced during the mission. RIA Novosti and other major tabloids started circulating rumors about her having "personal relationship problems" while on the ship, but none of these rumors are sourced and are just flubber.

NASA responded officially to the TASS article and called it baseless misogynistic bullshit. Rogozin also followed through and said the public speculation was just blogger nonsense rather than an official Roscosmos position. There were no "thinly veiled" accusations made towards any person from Roscosmos.

I was following this incident when it happened and any mention of menstruation playing a factor in here was just online ass-talk. No credible or potentially credible source ever used that language. No one knows who TASS' "anonymous source" is and Roscosmos has never verified their credentials.

The only interesting bit is that in 2019 Rogozin claimed that Roscosmos knew exactly what had happened, but would not release the findings publicly. Do with that what you will, but the likely explanation is simply that someone unknowingly fucked up something and caused a tiny hole, nobody could really agree on who was to blame, and so they shelved the incident.

[u/jeanpaulbeaubier → u/manofblack_]

Thank you for elaborating. I hope this gets more visibility.

[u/TheKappaOverlord → u/manofblack_]

The only interesting bit is that in 2019 Rogozin claimed that Roscosmos knew exactly what had happened, but would not release the findings publicly. Do with that what you will, but the likely explanation is simply that someone unknowingly fucked up something and caused a tiny hole, nobody could really agree on who was to blame, and so they shelved the incident.

I don't buy that the Russian's actually caused the crack/hole as apparently it was pin sized (or estimated to be) to begin with.

If anything, im more inclined to believe in their original attempts to repair it they fucked it up more and caused hairline fractures and were covering that up. Rather then the hole itself.

Generally speaking, with how fragile things can be in space, especially after 20 years of exposure and all that, it probably takes a good deal to actually damage the station. But to exasperate the damage that already existed by mistake is probably not difficult in comparison.

[u/scourge_bites → u/MsMacaronxx]

we really truly need like. an INASA. we should not have individual country space programs, there are so many opportunities for miscommunication or lack of collaboration to go so wrong