Representatives of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said today that the US segment of the International Space Station (ISS) was an emission of ammonia. Later, he was isolated, and the crews of the 42nd and 43rd expedition moved to the Russian segment of the station. In NASA has already found that the emission of harmful substances was not, but the incident was caused by a malfunction in the touch sensor or computer failure. Astronauts nevertheless spend the night today from their Russian counterparts.
According to “b” in the Russian Space Agency, about 11:44 Moscow time in the US segment of the ISS occurred ” emission of harmful substances from the cooling station to the atmosphere. ” “Currently, the US segment of the ISS is isolated, the crew is safe and is located on the Russian segment – added to agentstve.- concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere of the Russian segment of the ISS is in the range of acceptable values.” Head of the Russian Mission Control Center Maxim Matyushin stressed that further action in the US segment should be developed NASA.
So, now the Russian part of the ISS are six people: commander of the expedition MKS 42 Barry Wilmore (United States), flight engineer Alexander Serov Samokutyaev and Elena (Russia), ISS-42/43 Anton Shkaplerov (Russia), Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy), as well as Terry miles, who is also a flight engineer for Expedition 42 commander and 43 -ey. In MCC argue that stocks of oxygen, water and food enough even for a longer stay in it all the crew members.
In the meantime, NASA fact emissions, including ammonia, not confirmed. According to the agency official microblog Twitter, the alarm could be caused by a “jump-pressure sensor failure or problems with the computer».
Russian experts do not exclude such a scenario, “abnormal situation in the US segment began to develop after the alarm went off there, warning of the danger. ” According to the representative of the flight control NASA Jim Kelly, “still have the whole day ahead before we will have to impose any limits and reduce the pressure.” All foreign astronauts will spend the night in the Russian segment to fully clarify the situation.
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