Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.

For the past five years, air has been escaping through a Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS) at an increasing rate. NASA and its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, are still in disagreement over the root cause of the leak, as well as the severity of the consequences.

NASA and Russia's Roscosmos cannot agree on how dangerous the leaks in the Zvezda module may be to the station. While Russia believes the risk is low, NASA is reportedly concerned the leaks could lead to a catastrophic structural failure.

With astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for months, you may have forgotten all about the aging space station's persistent air leaks. Well, they're still there and, according to NASA,