Madrid. (EP). – The astronauts ISS (ISS, its acronym in English) have detected a leak of particles ammonia which does not endanger the crew but that will require repair. Specifically, it is a leak in the cooling system orbital platform.
liquid ammonia is used to remove heat that accumulates in electronic systems, pouring the excess energy into space through a series of radiators.
lateral leakage is from a station, in a structure that holds one of the lab huge solar panels. Commander Chris Hadfield exhaust reported “very steady flow of flakes out cleanly and repeatedly from a common point,” according to the BBC . “It is serious, but the crew and experts, seems to have stabilized,” tweeted later. NASA believes that the problem is associated with the feed channel 2B, one of eight solar powered station.
This is not the first time that the cooling systems of the station have caused problems. In this sense, a small leak was identified in 2007 in the same place, and space expedition came five years later to isolate the problem.
The station currently has a crew of six and Hadfield must leave the platform next Monday meeting U.S. astronaut Tom Marshburn and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko.
The commander asked the mission controllers whether the leak could prevent disengagement of the return capsule, who responded that there was no technical reason for that to happen. However, informing the crew will become known as the scope of the incident.
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