The International Space Station has an ongoing leak that the agency calls a "top safety risk." Here's how the leak is being managed on the aging orbital laboratory.

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 has concerns about the structural integrity of the Russian module and the "possibility of a catastrophic failure," per ISS Advisory Committee chair Bob Cabana

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,

In September, NASA's inspector general noted in a report that new cracks and leaks affecting the Russian segment of the aging International Space Station continued to be a "top safety risk." The leaks,

NASA and Russian officials disagree on the cause of a worsening leak on the ISS, raising safety concerns for astronauts.

NASA worries that a leak aboard the International Space Station could lead to a catastrophic failure if not fixed in time — but not everyone agrees.