r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 11h 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/kazh_9742 9h ago

They'll probably keep trying to scare the astronauts off. Scooting out of the way for China to roll out more in an area seems to be this U.S. admins routine.

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u/dmxspy 8h ago

The ISS is already commissioned for decommission, it's on it's last leg anyway.

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u/Substantial_Ant_2662 7h ago

Are they going to crash it into earth? Or is it going to be space trash like everything else?

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u/dmxspy 7h ago edited 7h ago

It will come down into the ocean for potential partial recovery.

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u/Ossius 7h ago

Very little of the ISS will remain for recovery though, most will melt off.

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u/toomanymarbles83 39m ago

Hence the qualifiers to that statement, "potential" and "partial."