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Currently, NASA astronaut Drew Morgan, European Space Agency Luca Parmitano, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov are aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The three astronauts arrived on the ISS on July 20 and will return to Earth in December and January.
A small air leak has been discovered at the International Space Station (ISS), possibly in the US segment, but it does not threaten the safety of the crew, a source said.
“According to the ISS Russia Russia’s chief inspector, the station’s crew will move to the Zvezda module on Friday to monitor the pressure in US sector modules,” Roscosmos said.
The decision was made jointly with the United States. The crew will perform regular tasks during the three days it will spend in the Russian section. Roscosmos confirmed that the crew was not in danger.
The source said earlier that they plan to isolate the US module at the station by closing the shutters between the segments.
According to the source, the air leak does not pose a threat to the safety of the ISS and its crew.
Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, as well as American astronaut Christopher Cassidy, remain on the ISS.
The last time an air leak was recorded on the ISS was on August 30, 2018. It turned out that the reason was a man-made hole in the Soyuz spacecraft. The cosmonauts filled the hole with a seal, but the cause is not yet known. A commission from Roscosmos determined that the ship could have been damaged on Earth.
In 2004, an air leak was discovered on the US segment of the ISS. After a long search, the astronauts discovered that it was in the snake on the potato of the Destiny module.
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