After receiving the order from NASA on Friday to prepare for a possible evacuation due to the worsening of an air leak on board, the astronauts of the International Space Station were finally able to return to the interior of the ISS, according to a NASA spokesperson to AFP.

Published on: 06/05/2026 - 4:54 p.m. Modified on: 06/05/2026 - 9:27 p.m.

The four astronauts present on board the International Space Station (ISS), including Frenchwoman Sophie Adenot, were able to return to the interior of the ISS after leaving it temporarily as a precaution, due to a planned repair operation, a NASA spokesperson told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday June 5.

“The crew is now preparing to leave the Dragon ship”, attached to the ISS in which they had taken temporary refuge, said this spokesperson.

Earlier, another spokesperson for the American space agency had announced on

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The latter had “decided to carry out a more extensive repair operation” after detecting “new leaks” on a portion of the Russian Zvezda module of the ISS.

The Russian agency's teams "did not carry out any physical action" but nevertheless took "measures" on Friday, a NASA spokesperson told AFP.

"These leaks have been happening for quite a while now, and it's something that NASA and Roscosmos are working on together," he added.

With AFP

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