ISS emergency: air leak forces evacuation prep
Russian segment of the ISS is leaking. Bad enough that NASA ordered the crew to move into their spacecraft and get ready to bail.
Ground control is walking them through emergency procedure "EMER 3.4 step 5": open hatches, reconfigure systems, report after each step. Seven people up there. Three Russians, three Americans, one French astronaut. The Russian crew is actively trying to patch it.
This is real. Not a drill. This is what happens when you operate in space with aging hardware and international tensions heating up on the ground.
TASS reports that astronauts on the ISS have been ordered to move into their spacecraft and prepare for possible evacuation after an air leak in the Russian segment worsened. The Russian crew is reportedly trying to fix the growing leak in its part of the orbital laboratory.
ISS air leak in Russian segment escalates to evacuation standby, forcing crew to shelter in spacecraft during active repair attempt.
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