Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in the docked SpaceX Dragon "Freedom" shuttle on Friday afternoon after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened, prompting a potential evacuation. Five of the seven crew members were directed to the Dragon, which functions as a lifeboat, while two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, attempted repairs.
The leak, located in the PrK transfer tunnel leading to the Zvezda service module, had been increasing since Monday. Nasa disagreed with the Russian method of using a saw to access the crack, leading to the shelter order. Subsequently, repairs were paused, and Nasa instructed the crew to return to the station. Russian news agency Tass, citing Roscosmos, reported no threat to the crew or ISS systems. The ISS, continuously operated by a US-Russian-led consortium since 1998, has dealt with these persistent cracks for around six years.
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