“NASA ordered astronauts to prepare for evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS) over 'worsening air leaks'.

The space agency told crew members to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempted to repair a leak.

The four astronauts of NASA's Crew-12 mission on the station - two U.S. astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut - got orders from NASA mission control at 9:04 a.m. ET on Monday to enter their Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the station.

The crew were told to don their spacesuits in case the air leak warranted an emergency evacuation, a NASA official said.

At the time, NASA confirmed that the orbital lab was leaking air from a Russian module that has suffered similar problems since 2019. …”

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