Article 3Y46E Space station air leak: someone drilled the hole, say Russians

Space station air leak: someone drilled the hole, say Russians

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'Several attempts at drilling' were made by a 'wavering hand' either on Earth or in orbit, in what could be accident or sabotage

An air leak on the International Space Station might have been sabotage, according to the head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency, and an investigation is under way.

Dmitry Rogozin said the hole detected last Thursday in a Russian Soyuz module docked at the ISS was caused by a drill and could have been done deliberately, either back on Earth or by someone in orbit.

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