Astronauts on board the International Space Station received a late night wake-up call to tackle a minor air leak.
Crew members have been hunting for the source of the leak for several weeks.
Space chiefs have likened their unfamiliar task to finding a "needle in a haystack".
The issue has now been traced to the Russian side of the ISS following a search this week.
Nasa said the two Russians and one American on board were woken late on Monday night in order to seal hatches between compartments and find the source of the leak, which appeared to be growing worse.
It was the third time in just over a month that the crew had to isolate themselves on the Russian side, in an attempt to solve the problem.
Analysis by ground teams tracked the ongoing leak to the main work area inside a Russian ISS module called Zvezda, which contains life support equipment for the space station and living quarters for two crew members.
Investigations found instead of the leak getting bigger this time, a temporary temperature change caused the erroneous cabin air pressure reading, according to Nasa.
The leak was first spotted a year ago, but Nasa officials stress that it remains small and poses no danger.
ISS deputy program manager Kenny Todd said the good news is that “instead of a bunch of haystacks, we're down to maybe one haystack." But he said: “It's still a needle we're looking for.”
Nasa is sending up extra air supply tanks on its next space station delivery, scheduled for a Thursday departure from Virginia in the US.
As long as the leak does not worsen, Mr Todd said, the space station should be fine through next spring.
In two weeks, two Russians and an American are scheduled to arrive at the space station, followed by crew of three Americans and a Japanese on SpaceX's second launch of astronauts, now targeted for October 31.
The ISS played an integral role in a slice of UAE history last year.
Maj Hazza Al Mansouri became the first Emirati to travel in space when he spent eight days on the ISS last September.
Emirati astronauts will receive training at Nasa’s spaceflight training centre in Houston this year as part of a new agreement signed between the UAE and the US space agency.
The partnership will open up further opportunities for UAE astronauts to travel on the ISS.
The ISS: A constant presence among the stars
• The station serves as a floating laboratory, conducting scientific research in key fields such as astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology and physics.
• The first ISS component was launched on November 20, 1998.
• According to experts at Nasa, the ISS is the third brightest object in the sky, outshone only by the Sun and the Moon.
• The station has been continuously occupied since November, 2000 and has had more than 200 space travellers in that time
• The ISS hurtles through space at a speedy 28,000 kilometres per hour, making 16 orbits of the Earth and passing through 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours.
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
Tailors and retailers miss out on back-to-school rush
Tailors and retailers across the city said it was an ominous start to what is usually a busy season for sales.
With many parents opting to continue home learning for their children, the usual rush to buy school uniforms was muted this year.
“So far we have taken about 70 to 80 orders for items like shirts and trousers,” said Vikram Attrai, manager at Stallion Bespoke Tailors in Dubai.
“Last year in the same period we had about 200 orders and lots of demand.
“We custom fit uniform pieces and use materials such as cotton, wool and cashmere.
“Depending on size, a white shirt with logo is priced at about Dh100 to Dh150 and shorts, trousers, skirts and dresses cost between Dh150 to Dh250 a piece.”
A spokesman for Threads, a uniform shop based in Times Square Centre Dubai, said customer footfall had slowed down dramatically over the past few months.
“Now parents have the option to keep children doing online learning they don’t need uniforms so it has quietened down.”
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Other ways to buy used products in the UAE
UAE insurance firm Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC) last year launched an e-commerce website with a facility enabling users to buy car wrecks.
Bidders and potential buyers register on the online salvage car auction portal to view vehicles, review condition reports, or arrange physical surveys, and then start bidding for motors they plan to restore or harvest for parts.
Physical salvage car auctions are a common method for insurers around the world to move on heavily damaged vehicles, but AWNIC is one of the few UAE insurers to offer such services online.
For cars and less sizeable items such as bicycles and furniture, Dubizzle is arguably the best-known marketplace for pre-loved.
Founded in 2005, in recent years it has been joined by a plethora of Facebook community pages for shifting used goods, including Abu Dhabi Marketplace, Flea Market UAE and Arabian Ranches Souq Market while sites such as The Luxury Closet and Riot deal largely in second-hand fashion.
At the high-end of the pre-used spectrum, resellers such as Timepiece360.ae, WatchBox Middle East and Watches Market Dubai deal in authenticated second-hand luxury timepieces from brands such as Rolex, Hublot and Tag Heuer, with a warranty.
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