Nasa tells astronauts to return to International Space Station as air leak repair paused – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here After about two hours of sheltering in their spacecraft and preparing for potential evacuation, the four members of SpaceX Crew-12 and a fifth Nasa astronaut were instructed by Nasa to return to the International Space Station, a Nasa spokesperson said on Friday. “Roscosmos has paused Friday’s structural repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, as more measurements and data is assessed,” Bethany Stevens, a spokesperson for Nasa, posted on X. “Given this development, NASA has instructed the crew members inside the Dragon spacecraft to end the safe haven procedures and return to planned operations aboard the International Space Station. We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address the leaks.” Nasa order the four crew members of its SpaceX Crew-12 mission at the International Space Station and a fifth American astronaut aboard the orbital lab to shelter in the Dragon spacecraft and prepare for a possible evacuation while the Russian Roscosmos space agency prepared to take on a more extensive repair operation of some air leaks in the Russian