This handout image released by NASA on Sept. 19, 2024 shows the International Space Station's U.S. segment and portions of the Russian segment are pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking from the Harmony module's space-facing port on Nov. 8, 2021. A leak on the International Space Station triggered a brief safety alert on Jun. 5 as Russian astronauts prepared to start repairs, before NASA announced that the operation was over. Astronauts had started safety procedures while Russia's crew on the ISS planned to begin repairs that were then postponed. Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP-Yonhap
WASHINGTON — A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.
The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 mission aboard the station — two Americans, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut — along with another U.S. astronaut were ordered by NASA mission control at 9:04 a.m. ET (1304 GMT) on Friday to enter their SpaceX-built Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the station, NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said.
