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    Aktuelles zur Internationalen Raumstation: Astronauten werden angewiesen, wegen „sich verschlimmernder Luftlecks“ Schutz zu suchen


    Aktuelles zur Internationalen Raumstation: Astronauten werden angewiesen, wegen „sich verschlimmernder Luftlecks“ Schutz zu suchen

    https://news.sky.com/story/international-space-station-latest-astronauts-told-to-take-shelter-over-worsening-air-leaks-13549438

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    2. Zuliano1 on

      That Russian segment is toast… and they will still try to patch it up again.

    4. REXIS_AGECKO on

      Wow that sounds awful. I really hope they have enough duct tape and wd40 up there

    5. LogCaptain on

      Couldn’t they very simplified and theoretically “close off” the section that is causing issues and replace it with a new section?

    6. The_Celestrial on

      I thought this was just clickbait from Sky, but other news outlets are reporting this too

    7. WanderWut on

      „Astronauts aboard the International ‌Space Station were ordered by NASA to shelter in their ​spacecraft and prepare for ​potential evacuation on Friday as ⁠a Russian crew attempts ​to fix a worsening leak ​of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory, NASA said.

      The ​four astronauts of NASA’s ​Crew-12 mission on the station – two ‌U.S. ⁠astronauts, a French astronaut and Russian cosmonaut – got orders from NASA mission control ​at 9:04 ​a.m. ⁠ET Monday to enter their Crew Dragon ​spacecraft docked to the ​station ⁠and don their spacesuits in case the air leak ⁠warrants ​an emergency evacuation, ​a NASA official said.“

      Woah this sounds serious I’d be pretty terrified to be the Russian crew working on the leak while NASA’s Crew 12 are donning their space suits and waiting in the Crew Dragon spacecraft just in case they need to do an emergency evac. I get it needs to be fixed and its either attempt a fix or abandon the ISS but how safe is the Russian crew exactly here?

    8. Diamondback424 on

      I wonder how long they could survive in suits if they absolutely needed to.

    9. HDTokyo on

      I can’t imagine being in an expired space station with things constantly breaking and failing all around you while moving tens of thousands of miles per hour in low orbit. Idk how they can mentally handle thinking “at any moment, this could be my last”

    10. Sun-Anvil on

      The ISS started launching in 1998 and the first crew was in 2000. That’s pretty good in my opinion for a manned spacecraft.

    11. RedRiter on

      If you’re wondering why the ISS will end up de-orbited instead of „preserved“ in orbit this is a good illustration.

      You can do maintenance and upgrades of the life support, solar panels, radiators etc. But at some point the core materials are just going to give up. They’ve spent **decades** being thermally cycled every 90 minutes or so.

      It’s already past the design life, has growing problems with these leaks, so if we see it depressurised and an emergency evacuation happens it’s not going to be a surprise. If this is a close call it should be a very solid argument against extending the mission any further.

    14. DreamChaserSt on

      Stuff like this is why I don’t think it makes sense to extend it past 2030, or even raise its orbit for that matter. Too much of a maintence headache after more than 20 years. The longer they try to keep it going, the more likely something can go wrong. Congress needs to commit to funding CLD properly already so NASA can retire the ISS.

    16. drHobbes88 on

      Edit: I’m not seeing this reported, so I guess don’t take my comment as fact. That is what I thought I heard through the radio comms on the live stream.

      Sounds like the Russian crew elected to only take measurements today, and the crew was just told they can start getting ready to exit shelter and go back in? This was on the livestream, so I don’t know if I am understanding that correctly.

    17. TimeMachineToaster on

      > The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 mission on the station got orders from NASA mission control at 9:04 a.m. ET Monday to enter their Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the station and don their spacesuits, a NASA official said.

      Have they been in Dragon since Monday? That sounds miserable.

    19. Admirable_Site_8337 on

      When I first heard the ISS would be retired and de orbited I took offense to it. But, I’m seeing more and more that it’s at end of life. I know it’s one module that’s been the problem, but it feels like where other modules will be at some point anyway.

      Expanding and contracting every 90 minutes over decades will wear things out no matter what.

    20. rolonic on

      Astronauts have now been told it is ok to carry on with normal procedures. “Safe haven” procedure has now ended.

    21. ExcitingBuilder1264 on

      I assume this is fire drill style posturing they do anytime substantial work on the pressure vessel components of the ISS needs to be done. They don’t **expect** a need to evacuate the station in a hurry, but they want everyone to be in position if SHTF.

    22. Bman4k1 on

      I remember the constant emergencies of MIR. This is starting to sound like that.

    23. scruffynerdherder001 on

      Now that the shelter-in-place order is over…the timeline is a little murky for casual space fans like me. NASA put the crew on alert Monday and today Roscosmos elected to attempt a repair.. The shelter-in-place order is the result of the repair attempt, and not that they’ve been sitting in their suits all week.

      Secondly, per [this statement](https://x.com/NASASpox/status/2062886271064633576?s=20) from NASA:

      >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.

      If there is a need to leave quickly, does Williams just hang on for a bit for re-entry? As far as I know (which isn’t much) there’s no jump seat on Dragon right?

    24. jakgal04 on

      Still crazy to think that the ISS is scheduled for decommission in 2030. I know it was planned and is just part of its service life, but it just feels like another step back for humanity.

      I’m a bit out of the loop, does anyone know if any countries have plans for new space stations?

    26. FullRecognition5927 on

      There have been several air leaks over the years in the ISS. One was due to a manufacturing issue, one was caused by a leak in a Progress. Several in the past few years have been due stress cracking, typically around defects in the metalurgy when the vessel was fabricated.

      While Congress is currently debating to keep the ISS up for more years, I suspect it will not pass due to the several leaks that are popping up as the vehicle ages.

    27. Jealous_Parfait_4967 on

      “The house isn’t haunted we are just sleeping in the car as a precaution!” Absolutely terrifying

    30. KeenKye on

      I remember reading about the ISS in the May 1998 issue of Popular Science, a full issue about the station. They were getting ready to launch the first module. Every time bad news happens, I think about this part (from a PDF I hang on to):

      > SOMEDAY, THE international Space Station will descend, but if you’re frightened at the prospect of a million-pound hunk of metal falling out of the sky, take heart. NASA does have a plan to decommission the space station eventually without creating havoc. The European Space Agency is planning to build three expendable space vehicles by 2003: two of them will ferry propellant, the other will force the station to land in a designated area. Called an automated transfer vehicle (ATV), the craft will be unmanned, similar to the Russian Progress resupply vehicle but larger, with enough thrust to nudge the entire station down in a single piece-a cheaper and safer alternative to hauling pieces of the station down in multiple trips. Roughly 90 percent of the station will be cinder by the time it reaches Earth’s atmosphere; a Pacific splashdown is the plan.-Gunfan Sinha

    31. sirbruce on

      Evacuate already and de-orbit the thing; it’s a deathtrap years past its expiration and NASA keeps magically „extending“ it’s EOL because they’re afraid of not having regular human space flights.

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