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NASA confirms space station cracking a “highest” risk and consequence problem

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A small Russian part of the International Space Station has been leaking since September 2019 .

A new report confirms that NASA managers responsible for operating the space station are seriously concerned about the problem.

A small PrK tunnel connecting a larger module to a docking port is leaking.

The plan to mitigate the leak is to keep the hatch on the Zvezda module leading to the tunnel closed.

Eventually, if the leak worsens further, this hatch might need to be closed permanently.

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