What happens to air in space after evacuates from a space craft?

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When air evacuates from a space craft, what happens to the air/oxygen?
It doesn’t disappear to nothing right? Would it be like a air bubble in water?

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Imagine a cup of water as your spaceship full of air. Now pour it out on a flat surface. The water will spread out until it is fairly evenly spread out. Same for the air in space, but in 3d, and it will spread out even more as it won’t have surface tension trying to keep it together.

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