Five astronauts aboard the International Space Station briefly took shelter inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Friday, while Russian engineers dealt with a leak in a service module.
According to TechCrunch, NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens wrote in a post on X that Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, had identified new leaks in the module and initiated an extensive repair operation.
NASA directed its Crew-12 members and astronaut Chris Williams to move into the Dragon spacecraft as a precaution while the repairs were under way.
Shortly afterwards, Roscosmos paused the repair work to review further measurements and data, prompting NASA to stand down the shelter procedure and allow the crew to resume normal operations aboard the station.
The Russian service module has faced persistent leak issues for some time, with NASA noting that the cracks have remained under close observation.
There are currently ten people aboard the ISS, including astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency, and Roscosmos, with arrivals split between the SpaceX Crew-12 mission and a Soyuz flight.
The temporary shelter arrangement comes as the future of the International Space Station remains under review, with NASA considering commercial replacements later in the decade under its current leadership.
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