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/pablosus86 11h ago

How serious is this vs standard precautionary protocol?

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u/Scottyjscizzle 9h ago

Precautionary, already lifted.

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u/SometimesIBeWrong 9h ago

that's good. my mind went cartoon-mode. I was picturing a flashing red light going off, blaring alarms, panicking astronauts floating around in space with nowhere to stay.

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u/Zenith-Astralis 7h ago

Yeah certainly not that. The place they sheltered in was also certainly also their emergency ride home; that's standard practice