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Astronauts on International Space Station take shelter in SpaceX Dragon as cosmonauts try to fix air leak


"Out of an abundance of caution, NASA has directed all four of the agency's SpaceX Crew-12 members and NASA astronaut Chris Williams to assume an elevated safety posture in the Dragon spacecraft while the repair is underway."

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