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

Published Sept. 5, 2018 at 10:38 am

This NASA image obtained July 4, 2018 shows the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approaching the International Space Station as both spacecraft were orbiting over the Greek island of Crete on July 2, 2018.

Photo by AFP / NASA Handout

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 on Aug. 29 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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