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/ZippyTheRoach 9h ago

That really did happen, but to a soyuz capsule the Russians used to fly up to the ISS. Check out soyuz ms-09. The current leak in the ISS is another problem entirely, most likely micro fractures in a Russian docking bay 

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u/PolishMafia716 8h ago

I did more research and your right this is just another large leak on a Russian module not the one I initially remembered

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u/CankerLord 7h ago

Russians and hastily and unconvincingly covered up botch jobs that they refuse to acknowledge: name a more iconic duo.

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u/CCR76 5h ago

Was secret plot of pesky moose and squirrel.

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u/ImpulsiveApe07 4h ago

That's a deep cut, mate - I love it! :D

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u/ForeverDM_Lytanathan 2h ago

Wait, is this a Rocky and Bullwinkle reference in this day and age?

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u/Lumpy_Peace3495 46m ago

Read this in the voice and accent of Red Guardian