Thursday, 30 August 2018

Astronauts battle air leak on International Space Station

The leak may have been due to a micrometeorite strike

There was bit of drama aboard the International Space Station (ISS) today as the astronauts aboard raced to find and seal an air leak detected in one the Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station. The leak, which was detected yesterday at about 7:00 pm EDT, appears to have been caused by a micrometeorite, but it has now been fixed with station pressure holding steady as the crew carries out troubleshooting procedures.

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