Houston confirmed that NASA pressured Roscosmos to make an unpopular decision due to increasing leaks at the ISS. The transit cell in the Zavezda module is mothballed. It will no longer be used to unload Progress cargo ships, but they will only dock there to fix the station's orbit (without opening the airlock).

Houston confirmed that NASA pressured Roscosmos to make an unpopular decision due to increasing leaks at the ISS. The transit cell in the Zavezda module is mothballed. It will no longer be used to unload Progress cargo ships, but they will only dock there to fix the station's orbit (without opening the airlock).