NASA

NASA

A small but persistent air leak in a Russian compartment of the International Space Station has prompted NASA and Axiom Space to indefinitely delay the launch of a commercial flight to the orbiting outpost. The flight was delayed due to high winds and an oxygen leak in the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage. NASA engineers needed more time to assess efforts to plug an air leak aboard the ISS in a Russian vestibule known as the PrK. The PrK serves as a passageway between the station's Zvezda module and spacecraft docked at its aft port.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-delays-commercial-crew-launch-to-assess-space-station-air-leak/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nasa

"id": "nas449061725",
"linkid": "nasa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Space Exploration',
                        'location': 'Houston, Texas',
                        'name': 'NASA',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'},
                       {'industry': 'Space Exploration',
                        'name': 'Axiom Space',
                        'type': 'Private Company'},
                       {'industry': 'Space Exploration',
                        'location': 'Russia',
                        'name': 'Roscosmos',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'date_detected': '2019',
 'description': 'Concern about a small but persistent air leak in a Russian '
                'compartment of the International Space Station has prompted '
                "NASA and Axiom Space to indefinitely delay this week's launch "
                'of a commercial flight to the orbiting outpost.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Indefinite delay of Axiom-4 launch',
            'operational_impact': 'Delay in space missions',
            'systems_affected': ['Russian compartment (PrK) of the ISS',
                                 'Zvezda module']},
 'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': ['High cyclic fatigue caused by '
                                            'micro vibrations',
                                            'Pressure and mechanical stress',
                                            'Residual stress',
                                            'Material properties',
                                            'Environmental exposures']},
 'references': [{'source': 'CBS News/NASA'}],
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Closing the hatch leading to the PrK '
                                       "and the station's aft docking "
                                       'compartment during daily operations'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Patching suspect crack and other '
                                       'possible sources of leakage']},
 'title': 'Air Leak in Russian Compartment of the International Space Station',
 'type': 'Hardware Malfunction',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Aging hardware'}
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