The space station having a size equal to a football field must remain pressurised and filled with breathable gases at all times.

Leaks are affecting a key part of the International Space Station. NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, are not seeing eye to eye about the level of risk.

The station has been leaking air for five years, and NASA is concerned that this might indicate a potential failure in the structural integrity of the International Space Station.

NASA, the US space agency, is worried an air leak at the International Space Station could lead to a catastrophic failure. Spacenews.com says NASA and its Russian equivalent Roscosmos disagree over the cause of the leak in the Russian part of the space station,