Factbox-Who is aboard the International Space Station during the air leak?

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - NASA ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter and prepare for possible ‌evacuation for on Friday as a Russian crew tried to ‌fix a leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory.

NASA reversed that ​order roughly two hours later and told the astronauts they could return to the station. Four astronauts on NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission took shelter in the Dragon spacecraft, along with Chris Williams, a NASA astronaut on ‌the space station's Expedition ⁠74 team. They are:

JESSICA MEIR, SPACECRAFT COMMANDER

American. Meir is commander of NASA's Dragon spacecraft for the SpaceX Crew-12 ⁠mission. The Caribou, Maine, native was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. This is her second flight to space.

JACK HATHAWAY, SPACECRAFT PILOT

American. NASA ​astronaut Hathaway ​is the pilot for Dragon. A ​U.S. Navy commander from South ‌Windsor, Connecticut, this is his first space flight.

SOPHIE ADENOT, MISSION SPECIALIST

French. A European Space Agency astronaut, Adenot was selected as an astronaut in 2022 after having earned an engineering degree in Toulouse, France, and served as a helicopter pilot and design engineer.

ANDREY FEDYAEV, MISSION SPECIALIST

Russian. A ‌Roscosmos cosmonaut, this is his second ​long-duration stay. He spent 186 days in ​orbit as an Expedition 69 ​flight engineer in 2023.

The members of the Expedition 74 ‌crew, which began December 8 ​and was due to ​end this summer are:

CHRIS WILLIAMS, FLIGHT ENGINEER

American. A NASA astronaut and flight engineer for Expedition 74.

SERGEY KUD-SVERCHKOV, COMMANDER

Russian. The Roscosmos cosmonaut ​is commander of ‌the Expedition 74 crew.

SERGEI MIKAEV, FLIGHT ENGINEER

Russian. The cosmonaut is ​a flight engineer for Expedition 74.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; editing ​by Scott Malone and Nick Zieminski)