NASA Sends Three Astronauts to Overcome Air Leaks on the ISS

Hitekno.com – Existence air leak small on the International Space Station (ISS) create NASA is working hard on that.

Astronaut Chris Cassidy, cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, and Anatoly Ivanishin were sent by NASA to repair Russia’s Zvezda, one of the modules that is the source of the air leak.

“Since September 2019, experts have been tracking a very slow drop in air pressure at the International Space Station, and trying to identify the source,” a NASA spokeswoman told. New York Post, Sunday (23/8/2020).

Even so, NASA stated that this problem had no impact on the oxygen supply on the ISS, because the damaged module was separated from the astronauts’ compartment.

“The rate of leakage has increased slightly since the initial measurements made in September 2019, but it is still in a minor stage and poses no immediate danger to the crew or the survival of the space station,” he added.

NASA and its international partners have access to carefully monitor the air pressure in each module, the spokesperson added.

“All of the space station’s hatches will be closed this weekend so mission controllers can carefully monitor the air pressure in each module,” continued a NASA spokesman.

He said the test did not pose a safety risk to the crew. The test must determine which module is experiencing anomalies. Even experts in the United States and Russia expect preliminary test results to be available by the end of next week. (Voice.com/Tivan Rahmat)

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