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

After two hours of sheltering while Russian crew attempted to fix air leak, Nasa says ‘safe haven procedures’ have been paused

Roscosmos told journalists that the two air leaks that prompted Nasa to order five astronauts aboard the International Space Station to prepare for a possible evacuation were discovered during the pressurisation of the Zveda module’s transfer chamber, the Russian state news agency Tass reports.

Specialists with the Russian segment’s main operations team detected the air leaks while pressurising the transfer chamber to the ISS chamber, Roscosmos said in a statement.