The ISS Is Leaking Air

The ISS has been leaking for 5 years. NASA and Russia disagree on how to fix it
Roscosmos and NASA are the principal partners in the ISS. They continue to collaborate for policy and technical reasons (the ISS cannot be broken apart, for example) in the wake of the internationally condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which severed most international space relationships with Russia.
The ISS Is Leaking Air—And NASA and Russia Can’t Agree Why
For the past five years, air has been escaping through a Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS) at an increasing rate. NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are still in disagreement over the root cause of the leak, as well as the severity of the consequences.
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