Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were earlier ordered by NASA to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation as a Russian crew attempted to fix a worsening air leak.

On June 5, 2002, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on the STS-111 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.

The ISS has been dealing with a growing problem for years. NASA recently issued a shelter-in-place order for its astronauts, and it could get worse from here.

An astronaut captured a view from the International Space Station (ISS) that will take your breath away. Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) snapped this photo from a window aboard the ISS,