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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been told to shelter as an urgent repair is needed to fix air leaks.\n\nFive out of seven cosmonauts in the Russian section of the ISS have been told to shelter inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Freedom’ spacecraft.\n\nThe remaining two are carrying out urgent repairs following a leak in the transfer tunnel.\n\nRussian news agency Interfax reports that one of the leaks has been fixed.\n\nRoscosmos, the Russian space agency, said that one of the two leaks has been sealed.\n\nThe second potential leak, which does ‘not pose a threat’ to the crew, is located on the conical portion of the transfer chamber.\n\nFive out of seven cosmonauts in the Russian section of the ISS have been told to shelter inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon ‘Freedom’ spacecraft (Picture: ISS/NASA/SWNS)\n\nOfficials told the state-owned Tass news agency that the leaks were discovered during the pressurisation of the Zveda module’s transfer chamber.\n\nThere have been cracks in the spacecraft for years, but up until now, they have just patched over.\n\nRussian space officials noticed last month a fresh pressure drop in the tunnel, prompting the more intense repair today.\n\nNasa spokeswoman Bethany Stevens said: ‘The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as possible to date.\n\nCrew-12 members, Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir, and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, before launching to the ISS (Picture: Reuters)\n\n‘The cracks have always been a concern that NASA watches very closely. NASA and Roscosmos have been working to determine the root cause of the cracks, and Roscosmos manages the issue through operational mitigation measures and periodic partial-repair efforts.\n\n‘Following new leaks, Roscosmos has elected to proceed with a more extensive repair operation on Friday, June 5.\n\n‘Out of an abundance of caution, NASA has directed all four of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to assume an elevated safety posture in the Dragon spacecraft while the repair is underway.\n\n‘We continue to work with our Russian counterparts, along with the rest of the international community that supports the space station, to arrive at a more permanent resolution.’\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Astronauts told to shelter on spacecraft after air leaks are found on ISS"
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