NASA directs its ISS crew members to board spacecraft amid leak repair attempt | CNN

Five astronauts were forced to seek shelter aboard a spacecraft attached to the International Space Station Friday as their crewmates worked to address an air leak in the Russia-controlled side of the orbiting laboratory. In a statement Friday evening, NASA indicated that its counterparts at Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, had devised a plan to cut a bracket “to better access an area identified as a possible leak source for further inspection.” The US space agency said the approach “could have resulted in elevated risk to the structure in the area.” That’s why NASA ordered the astronauts to take shelter and be prepared for an emergency evacuation. The astronauts who boarded the spacecraft included all four crew members of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission who flew to the orbiting laboratory aboard the Dragon spacecraft: NASA’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. NASA’s Chris Williams, who arrived at the ISS aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, also sheltered with the Crew-12 astronauts. But Roscosmos’ effort to cut a bracket to address the leak did not ultimately move forward. NASA lifted its