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Posted on 06/05/2026 2:32:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started leaking more air.
Five of the seven crew were directed to go into the docked SpaceX shuttle Dragon "Freedom" on Friday afternoon and were braced for a potential evacuation.
Meanwhile, two remaining personnel - a pair of Russian cosmonauts - attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, where the leaks had started increasing on Monday.
The repairs were paused and the crew ordered back onto the ISS by Nasa on Friday afternoon.
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The ISS is getting old.
or just the crappy Russian parts
I get leaky after a good burrito, and the wife has been known to shelter in place. 🔥🚀
The chewing gum came off.
Possibly related to massive consumption of vodka.
You couldn’t pay me enough to be an astronaut.
Right about now, you couldn’t pay me enough to be a U.S. citizen if I wasn’t one already. Whoever thought it was just going to suck being an older white male in the home of the free and the brave? If you don’t understand what I just said you are by definition a f’n registered Democrat.
All of it is getting old, but not all parts are equal...
“attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment “
OF COURSE it was the “Russian” segment.
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