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Flakes of frozen coolant floated through one of the windows of the International Space Station (ISS). The microgravity laboratory has experienced its third liquid leak in the cooling center during
The new leak in the ISS systems originated in one of the external radia Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data tors that provide service to the Naúka scientific module, developed by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. According to NASA , the current crew members are not in danger. As a precaution, the astronauts had to close the shutters of the American segment to avoid possible contamination.
According to Roscosmos, the affected radiator is a backup one that was delivered to the ISS in in the Rassvet reception module and was later transferred to the Naúka module, during a spacewalk. Since this radiator is an additional component, the integrity of the station is not compromised. The main radiator of the Russian research space is operating normally. At the moment, scientific experiments within the Naúka module have not been postponed and there are no plans to carry out a spacewalk in search of the fault.
Both NASA and Roscosmos do not know exactly what happened, but are devoting their full attention to the incident. Accidents of a similar nature have occurred in the past, which, among other things, caused three astronauts to be trapped on the space station for more than a year.
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The recent history of leaks from the ISS.
Problems with cooling a portion of the ISS began in December The docked Soyuz MS- spacecraft suddenly began expelling frozen material from its external cooling system. On that ship, astronauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin and Frank Rubio had to return to their homes. In February , the Russian Progress MS- supply ship experienced the same problem related to the external coolant.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has concluded that in both cases it was a perforation caused by a micrometeorite. Future investigations from Earth will determine what exactly happened to the cooling system in October. However, with the recent incident, the community that closely follows the progress of the International Space Station begins to suspect that there is a trend of failures in the hardware designed by the Russian space agency .
The United States and Russia have separate modules on the ISS, but share a common source of energy and propulsion. According to official reports, micrometeorites tend to impact and damage only Russian components. The Naúka Research Module arrived in and, despite some initial difficulties, is now operating normally. In any case, Russia's presence on the International Space Station will not extend until the end of the project, since the astronauts will leave the laboratory in The Russian space program has plans to create its own space station on which its scientists will work. in collaboration with other nations such as Brazil and South America.
The new leak in the ISS systems originated in one of the external radia Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data tors that provide service to the Naúka scientific module, developed by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. According to NASA , the current crew members are not in danger. As a precaution, the astronauts had to close the shutters of the American segment to avoid possible contamination.
According to Roscosmos, the affected radiator is a backup one that was delivered to the ISS in in the Rassvet reception module and was later transferred to the Naúka module, during a spacewalk. Since this radiator is an additional component, the integrity of the station is not compromised. The main radiator of the Russian research space is operating normally. At the moment, scientific experiments within the Naúka module have not been postponed and there are no plans to carry out a spacewalk in search of the fault.
Both NASA and Roscosmos do not know exactly what happened, but are devoting their full attention to the incident. Accidents of a similar nature have occurred in the past, which, among other things, caused three astronauts to be trapped on the space station for more than a year.
The International Space Station measures almost the size of a football field and travels at thousand km/h
NASA launches call to design the tugboat that will remove the International Space Station
NASA opened the call for companies to send their ship designs that will tow the ISS towards a safe and responsible retirement.
The recent history of leaks from the ISS.
Problems with cooling a portion of the ISS began in December The docked Soyuz MS- spacecraft suddenly began expelling frozen material from its external cooling system. On that ship, astronauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitri Petelin and Frank Rubio had to return to their homes. In February , the Russian Progress MS- supply ship experienced the same problem related to the external coolant.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos has concluded that in both cases it was a perforation caused by a micrometeorite. Future investigations from Earth will determine what exactly happened to the cooling system in October. However, with the recent incident, the community that closely follows the progress of the International Space Station begins to suspect that there is a trend of failures in the hardware designed by the Russian space agency .
The United States and Russia have separate modules on the ISS, but share a common source of energy and propulsion. According to official reports, micrometeorites tend to impact and damage only Russian components. The Naúka Research Module arrived in and, despite some initial difficulties, is now operating normally. In any case, Russia's presence on the International Space Station will not extend until the end of the project, since the astronauts will leave the laboratory in The Russian space program has plans to create its own space station on which its scientists will work. in collaboration with other nations such as Brazil and South America.