Astronaut mission postponed amid leak concerns at International Space Station
by Guardian staff and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#6XZ9G)
Chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades delayed indefinitely
A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said on Thursday that it had postponed the Axiom Mission 4 to the ISS to monitor the cabin pressure on the Russian side of the orbiting lab before accepting visitors. Officials stressed that the seven astronauts currently at the space station were safe and that other operations up there would not be affected.
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