Breaking: Gas leak scare forces partial evacuation of the International Space Station

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Astonauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been evacuated to the Russian segment of the station after alarms were triggered that can "sometimes be indicative of an apparent ammonia leak." Although an earlier report from Russia's Federal Space Agency claimed that there were "harmful emissions," Nasa has since clarified that "there is no hard data to suggest that there was a real ammonia leak" and that the problem is likely "a faulty sensor or computer relay."

Nasa reports that onboard crew — comprising two American astronauts, one Italian astronaut, and three Russian cosmonauts — followed normal safety procedures and donned gas masks, moving to the Russian half of the ISS and sealing the American segment behind them. The flight control team in Houston reports that crew members are in "excellent shape" and that all other systems onboard the ISS are functioning perfectly.