A Cold War 250 miles up: Mistrust between Russia and the US poisons the International Space Station
Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway received a troubling call on June 5. It was 9.04 a.m. Eastern time when officials at Houston’s mission control issued precise orders. The call was not routine. NASA’s instructions were clear: the five astronauts under the agency’s purview aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were to don their pressure suits, move into the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule, and prepare for a possible evacuation.
