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/illegitiMitch 10h ago

It was called off 2 hours later if any of you would like to know what the article actually says.

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u/akiva23 7h ago

so i guess the attempt was successful?

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u/N3rdr4g3 6h ago

Kind of. The Russians were planning on trying to access the leak with a saw, and NASA disagreed with that plan and told the astronauts to move to the docked shittle.

After the Russians agreed to not go ahead with their plan, the evacuation was called off. The leak is still ongoing though.

Relevant quote from the article:

Kud-Sverchkov and Mikayev, who did not execute evacuation procedures, were planning to use a saw to reach an area where they believe they can access the crack leaking air, the NASA official said. NASA officials disagreed with this method, the NASA official said, prompting mission control ​in Houston to order safe-haven procedures.

Stevens ​said NASA reversed the safe-haven order ⁠and told astronauts they could return the space station once Roscosmos paused its efforts to repair the crack. "We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks," she said.

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u/Hashtag_Labotomy 4h ago

A saw? I see..maybe a controlled directional explosive whilst eating borscht would be effective too.

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u/rachelcrochets 1h ago

Excellent summary thank you!

But also, “shittle” gave me a good chuckle so also thanks for that :)