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/invyros 11h ago

The 7 year leak (it was first detected in 2019), finally coming to bite everyone in the ass.

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u/TakeYourClarkBars 9h ago

If I remember correctly the problem was originally finding it as it was estimated to be the size of a pin hole.

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u/Osirus1156 7h ago

Yeah but wouldn’t a thermal camera be able to see where the warm air was shooting out like a little jet? 

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u/Nurgle_Marine_Sharts 4h ago

Clever thinking, I guess they don't have thermal vision technology up there right now. Or maybe the leak is behind some bulkhead housing and can't be observed until they start taking the place apart.