On Monday, the world celebrates 20 years of continuous human presence in space. Astronauts and cosmonauts have been hovering over the International Space Station since November 2, 2000. In these 7,300 days, U.S. The $ 1 billion billion orbital laboratory has hosted 241 people from 19 countries and conducted more …
Read More »ISS crew just got a provocative air leak using floating tea leaves
The International Space Station has been leaking unusual amounts of air since September 2019. Initially, crew members prevented the issue from being resolved, as the leak was not a major one. But in August Gust, the leak rate rose, prompting astronauts and cosmonauts sitting in orbital labs to try to …
Read More »Oxygen supply to ISS just failed, but everyone is so far away
The oxygen supply system has failed in the module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) but there is no danger to the crew, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. The oxygen supply system on the Zvezda module at the Orbital Lab failed late Wednesday …
Read More »That said, the International Space Station is leaking air again
The International Space Station (ISS), in Earth orbit at hundreds of kilometers altitude, is not perfectly airtight. Every day, the cabin loses a minute how much air, carefully controlled so that a viable atmospheric pressure can be maintained, and to identify leaks. Now the last one just happened, just two …
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