Nasa releases statement about claims bizarre International Space Station leak was done on purpose

Nasa has been forced to try and clarify the details of a leak on the International Space Station amid reports that it was made on purpose. The Russian space agency has been clear that it believes that the hole in the space station that caused the leak was not a "manufacturing defect". But Nasa said that while that is true, it did not necessarily mean that it had been done on purpose, as some local reports had suggested. It came amid conspiracy theories reported in Russian media that a Nasa astronaut had intentionally made the hole. Some reported it had been done to trigger an emergency alert on board the space station and allow the crew to come down for free – without that alert, Nasa would have to pay the Russian space agency.