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Nasa tells ISS astronauts to shelter during air leak repair attempt
Key takeaways
- Pallab Ghosh,science correspondent,and Dan Sales Reuters Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started leaking more air.
- Five of the seven crew were directed to go into the docked Space X shuttle Dragon "Freedom" on Friday afternoon and were braced for a potential evacuation.
- Meanwhile, two remaining personnel - a pair of Russian cosmonauts - attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, where the leaks had started increasing on Monday.
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Pallab Ghosh,science correspondent,and Dan Sales Reuters Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were ordered to shelter in an attached spacecraft after the structure suddenly started leaking more air.
Five of the seven crew were directed to go into the docked Space X shuttle Dragon "Freedom" on Friday afternoon and were braced for a potential evacuation.
Meanwhile, two remaining personnel - a pair of Russian cosmonauts - attempted to repair a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, where the leaks had started increasing on Monday.
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