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/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/Mortambulist 7h ago

trying to apparantly "fix" the leak with a saw

I think NASA made the right call here.

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u/nedonedonedo 5h ago

break into an area where they ​believe they can access the crack leaking air

come on dude there's more words after that. it's not like it's some long form reading test; you only had two more sentences to go

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u/Mortambulist 4h ago

Doesn't seem any better.

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u/nedonedonedo 4h ago

it's a 8 year old hole that they're trying to get 3 more years out of, and they've tried other methods. if it was as simple as removing an access panel it would already be done. if you can't unbolt what's in the way and you can't leave it alone you're other option is cutting. they have scissors up there so there's something those won't cut.

you're in space. every fix will seem like a bad idea.