Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were instructed to take shelter in the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft after air leaks in the Russian segment worsened. The order, issued by NASA mission control, affected five astronauts, including three Americans, a French national, and a Russian cosmonaut. This evacuation protocol is rare, as a full evacuation of the ISS has never occurred since its launch in November 1998. However, NASA later cancelled the evacuation order as Russia's space agency Roscosmos paused its repair efforts to assess the leaks. NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens confirmed that the leaks, detected in the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, posed no immediate threat to the crew or the ISS systems. The leaks have been an ongoing concern for at least seven years, with the first issues logged in September 2019. Currently, the ISS hosts seven astronauts from various space agencies, engaged in two different missions.