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Live: View from ISS after NASA evacuation, shelter orders for astronauts amid leak repairs

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NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station were temporarily ordered to take shelter on a spacecraft docked at the outpost as repairs were made to air leaks on the Russian segment.

The decision, which a spokeswoman for the U.S. space agency said was made "out of an abundance of caution," came as the aging ISS has suffered from a series of cracks in recent years. The Zvezda service module, Russia’s first contribution to the station, has long been the area hardest hit with the leaks.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/05/iss-air-leaks-nasa-astronauts/90419302007/

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