Restoration work, which the astronauts conducted aboard the International space station for the last two days, was completed. Ground control discovered a small pressure drop on Board the “Soyuz”, docked to the station, on the night of August 29. The fault has become a 2-millimeter hole in the wall “Union.”
Cosmonaut Sergei Prokop’ev, the commander of the “Union” yesterday patched the hole with epoxy and this workaround still does a good job: cabin pressure remains unchanged. To such conclusion experts NASA. The Russian MCC and the Space center NASA them. Johnson in Houston continue to monitor the pressure level.
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“Yesterday we once again showed how well we prepare ourselves for emergency situations. We were able to find and stop a small leak in our “Union” due to the coordinated work between the crew and the control center on several continents”, tweeted one of the members of the ISS, Alexander Gerst, astronaut of the European space Agency.
Yesterday showed again how valuable our emergency training is. We could locate and stop a small leak in our Soyuz, thanks to great cooperation between the crew and control centres on several continents. pic.twitter.com/Jo0MnIIprL
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex) August 31, 2018.
Earlier, the Russian space representatives announced that the puncture was caused by micrometeoroids, but NASA has not confirmed this.
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