“Following the new leaks, Roscosmos has chosen to proceed with a more extensive repair operation on Friday, June 5,” NASA spokeswoman Bethany Stevens said. He wrote in X. “Out of an abundance of caution, NASA has ordered all four members of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-12 and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to assume a high-security posture aboard the Dragon spacecraft while repairs continue.”
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After about 90 minutes, a communications officer in mission control in Houston told the crew they could reopen the hatches and re-enter the space station. A special repair job that caused NASA to issue a shelter order was suspended. “Our Russian colleagues have chosen to carry out measurements only today. So we have conveniently withdrawn from the safe harbor configuration,” mission management told the crew.
“No help from our colleagues?” Crew-12 commander Jessica Meir requested mission control. “Confirm,” mission control replied.
Those allies—Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikayev—at the opposite end of the station, about 200 feet from the Crew Dragon, they were working on the leak site.
Stevens soon sent a message Update on XIt writes that Roscosmos has “suspended” “structural repair efforts” inside the PrK to conduct more measurements and evaluate the data. “We look forward to working with Roscosmos on a collaborative approach to address leaks,” Stevens said.
Ars asked two NASA spokespeople for details on the proposed leak repair and why the agency decided the repair was risky enough to order U.S. crew members aboard the Crew Dragon rescue boat. They have not answered those questions at the time of this publication, but we will add any information we receive to this story.
