Overview
- The leak emerged in the Zvezda service module after recent repairs uncovered a new pressure signature.
- Cosmonauts aboard the station have sealed suspect areas and measured that the segment currently maintains pressure.
- No new launch date is set for the four-person crew, which includes former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and three space tourists.
- Axiom Space’s fourth private mission was scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon from Launchpad 39A.
- NASA plans to operate the ISS through 2030 before deorbiting it with a SpaceX-developed spacecraft and supports Axiom’s plan to attach commercial modules beginning in 2026.