Evacuation orders lifted for astronauts on International Space Station: NASA

NASA said Friday that astronauts at the International Space Station were briefly ordered to prepare for an evacuation due to a worsening air leak in Russia’s portion of the orbital laboratory, before allowing them to return to planned operations.

Two U.S. astronauts, as well as a French and a Russian astronaut, received orders to shelter in place in their spacecraft in case the air leak warranted an emergency evacuation, according to the Guardian.