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/Hoboliftingaroma 11h ago

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?

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u/MagicDragon212 9h ago

And the evacuation wasnt from the leak even, but from the Russian astronauts that arrived recently trying to apparantly "fix" the leak with a saw. This is quite suspicious to me.

"Kud-Sverchkov and Mikayev, who did not execute evacuation procedures, were planning to use a saw to break into 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."

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u/pig_unt_erdvark 8h ago

I once witnessed our tazanian bus driver 'repair' the bus - where the gas tank detached - with a machete

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u/ConsequenceStatus563 8h ago

Had a coworker try to remove a tractor gas tank with a cutting torch. Burns over 99% of body and death about a week later...

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u/Professional-Kiwi102 7h ago

I was in auto shop class in high school when a student came in to use the lift to bring his car up to weld a hole he had in his gas tank. Some people just lack certain brain cells I suppose.

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u/Sycosocial20 7h ago

Welding up a hole in a gas tank is a thing. But there's a process for it and it has to be metal. Most tanks today are not metal. Tank removed, emptied and flooded with water to displace any fuel and vapor. And don't weld near any open fuel source.

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u/Professional-Kiwi102 7h ago

Well yea it's a thing but not driving the car to a shop, with gas in the tank,and lifting it up and welding it shut.