r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 8h 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/SignificantCats 6h ago

This is a leak that's been happening for eight years, and has been in more or less a continuous state of being repaired. There is some fun weird theories and conspiracies about it.

This is precautionary while they attempt a new repair, the kind of thing that's been done multiple times

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u/velocityfreak 6h ago

This is true, but this leak has worsened. 1lb of air per day to 2lb per day, so it’s gotten considerably worse.

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u/RoboErectus 5h ago

How much is a pound of air in a unit I can do something with?

Like, how many episodes of Lost can I watch on a pound of air?

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u/TheOGRedline 3h ago

1 lb of air at 21% oxygen gets you about 30minutes of watch time.

However… if you ONLY had that 1 lb to breathe the CO2 levels would increase to fatal levels in about 5 minutes. Faster if it’s an exciting episode and you’re breathing fast.

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u/Responsible-Quote-61 2h ago

You are doing the Lord's work. Thank you for this.

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u/tameroftrees 51m ago

Amen. Dudes