It was another long night next to the International Space Station, as the crew had to deal with small to large problems that started to sound like a broken record.
As always, we have to propose things by saying the crew is safe, and no new problems are particularly serious. They are more annoyed, but the annoyance on the ISS is being seen in abundance these days.
The first problem that emerged last night was a broken toilet located in the Russian segment. Cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin reported the problem to ground controllers, who suspected that the problem was an air bubble that formed in the system. According to Russian news agency Interfax. N Update The toilet problem has since been resolved, according to AFP.
Had it not been for that, Cosmonauts could have found relief in the toilet located in their Soyuz-MS-16 spacecraft, which is currently docked to the ISS. Failing that, they could have politely asked NASA for its access Fancy new million 23 million toilets, The Universal Waste Management System, which arrived at the ISS earlier this month. If those options were somehow out, the crew could just come Worn diapers Commonly used during spacewalks.
A potentially more serious problem arose later that evening when the Russian oxygen supply system – yes, this only one Broken once again from last week. The water used to produce oxygen was depleted, but, like the toilet, the problem was clearly corrected, AFP reports.
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Located in the Zvezda module, the electron-VM oxygen supply system is one of two on the ISS, the other being NASA’s Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS). The NASA system can sustain a crew of six members, and extra oxygen tanks are available where things should go on the torn side.
And to add insult to injury, the oven used to heat the food also broke, according to AFP. Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either.
According to the Russian News Agency Ta.S.S., All problems were solved at night. A spokesman for the Russian space agency Rozkosmos said: “All systems of the station are functioning normally, there is no threat to the safety of the crew and ISS travel.”
Another problem on the ISS – a pesky air leak that started in September 2019 – has finally been located and temporarily fixed. Last week, Ivanishin Found The source of the leak by observing the passage of the floating tea bag inside the Zwezeda module. This Temporary The fix has some foam rubber and – you guessed it – a BarStrip known as Captain Tape (Update: A reader wants to make it clear to me that Captain Tape is not technically a duct tape – it is a polymer film plus adhesive, while a duct tape is a fabric plus adhesive. Captain tape can withstand extreme temperatures, which is why it is so often used on spacecraft.). a Same fix Used in 2018 for a second ISS leak. Ground experts are currently working on a more long-term solution, NASA Reports.
Evanshin, along with fellow astronaut Evan Wagner and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, are due to return to Earth this week, so these problems will no longer be a problem. The trio will disembark from the Poisk module on Thursday at 3:33 pm and arrive at Kazakhstan’s landing site at 10:55 pm EDT.
The International Space Station, it is fair to say, is starting to show its age (the orbit is 1998). When the Russian oxygen supply system failed last week, Russian veterinarian Gennady Padalka said that all Russian modules were “tired” and that they had to go to the RIA. Depending on the finished equipment according to the strict need to replace like Novosti. Report. Given what’s been going on in the ISS recently, that’s probably not wrong.
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