‘This Is Bad’: Russian Cosmonauts Find Tiny Cracks in International Space Station

NASA spokesperson denies the claims, saying that 'no new potential leak sites have been identified'

NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel during a six-hour, 19-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station. NASA

Russian cosmonauts have found small cracks on the International Space Station (ISS), prompting fears from officials that the fissures could widen.

“Superficial fissures have been found in some places on the Zarya module,” Vladimir Solovyov, the chief engineer of rocket and space corporation Energia, told the state-run RIA news agency. “This is bad and suggests that the fissures will begin to spread over time.”