Nasa instructs astronauts to return to International Space Station after earlier evacuation order – live

After two hours of sheltering while Russian crew attempted to fix air leak, Nasa says ‘safe haven procedures’ have been paused

After about two hours of sheltering in their spacecraft and preparing for potential evacuation, the four members of SpaceX Crew-12 and a fifth Nasa astronaut were instructed by Nasa to return to the International Space Station, a Nasa spokesperson said on Friday.

“Roscosmos has paused Friday’s structural repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, as more measurements and data is assessed,” Bethany Stevens, a spokesperson for Nasa, posted on X.