IF HE IS CONVICTED. CONCERNS OVER AIR LEAKS INSIDE THE RUSSIAN SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAVE DELAYED THIS WEEKEND’S AXIOM FOUR LAUNCH ATTEMPT. TONIGHT, WE HEAR WHAT NASA IS SAYING ABOUT THE LEAKS AND GET AN IDEA ON HOW THE AXIOM CREW IS FEELING ABOUT IT. STANDING TALL ON LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 A, THE SPACEX DRAGON ON TOP OF A FALCON NINE ROCKET. WAIT, BUT THE QUESTION IS, FOR HOW LONG? THIS WEEKEND’S BLASTOFF IS DELAYED OVER AIR LEAK CONCERNS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. ON FRIDAY, OFFICIALS WITH NASA AND THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ROSCOSMOS SAID THEY’RE CONFIDENT THE LEAKS ARE SEALED, BUT ADDED MORE TESTS ARE NEEDED. PLANS INCLUDE CHANGING THE AIR PRESSURE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS TO TEST FOR ANY CHANGES. IN A STATEMENT TO WESH 2, THE AGENCY SAYS, QUOTE, BY CHANGING PRESSURE IN THE TRANSFER TUNNEL AND MONITORING OVER TIME, TEAMS ARE EVALUATING THE CONDITION OF THE TRANSFER TUNNEL AND HATCH SEAL. BUT SOME ANALYSTS PREDICT TIME IS RUNNING SHORT FOR THE AX FOUR WINDOW TO RENDEZVOUS TO THE ISS. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR THE SPACE STATION. ARE THESE AIR LEAKS. DOCTOR KEN KRAMER IS A RESEARCH CHEMIST AND THE MANAGING EDITOR OF SPACE UP CLOSE. COM IT’S POSSIBLE THEY SOLVED THE PROBLEM, AND IT’S POSSIBLE THEY DIDN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I THINK THE FACT THAT WE KEEP HAVING THIS DELAY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO DO, GOT TO HAVE SAFETY FIRST, INDICATES THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF THESE AIR LEAKS IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, COMMANDER PEGGY WHITSON, SHARING HER THOUGHTS ON THE DELAYS, SAYING, QUOTE, BEING ON EARTH A LITTLE LONGER THAN PLANNED MEANS THAT I GET TO SEE MY FAMILY ONE MORE TIME AS WE CONTINUE TO WAIT AND SEE WHEN THE NEXT HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT WILL LIFT OFF FROM THE SPACE COAST. NOW, NO OFFICIAL LAUNCH DATE HAS BEEN SET