There's another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it
a year ago
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- Another leak detected on the International Space Station (ISS), causing NASA to delay a crew launch.
- The leak is located in the Russian Zvezda service module's transfer tunnel (PrK), one of the oldest parts of the ISS.
- Previous repairs by Russian cosmonauts have only slowed the leak, which loses a couple of pounds of air per day.
- Recent repairs by Roscosmos claimed the PrK module was 'completely sealed,' and NASA confirmed the leak rate had halted.
- Despite these repairs, the ISS's overall air pressure continues to drop, raising concerns about an unidentified leak source.