Russian space corporation reports air leak in its segment of International Space Station

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - Russian state space corporation Roscosmos reported an air leak in its segment of the International Space Station (ISS).

The leak was discovered during a regular checkup carried out by the crew, it said Wednesday in a statement.

The crew regularly conducts work to find and eliminate possible leak sites, and the data coming from the station is transmitted to specialists for analysis in normal mode, it noted.

Roscosmos said the leak was due to the aging of the ISS.

"The obsolescence of the station's design and the ever-growing need for repair and restoration work on board take up a significant amount of crew time," it said.

In 2022, Russia announced its plan to withdraw from the ISS project after 2024.