NASA astronauts take shelter after new leaks found in Russian part of International Space Station

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are sheltering in the Dragon spacecraft Friday after new leaks were found aboard the Russian part of the station, a NASA spokesperson said.

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The new leaks were found in the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, which has been plagued by a series of ongoing cracks that have been managed by Russia's Roscosmos agency, according to a statement from NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens.

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Five astronauts supervised by NASA aboard the station have been ordered to take shelter in the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that's docked at the ISS after Roscosmos decided to perform a more extensive repair operation Friday.

"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," Stevens said.

The Crew-12 mission includes NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.

Crew-12 was launched on Feb. 13 and will be joined by NASA astronaut Chris Williams, who arrived separately back on Nov. 27, 2025, aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. 

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