Russia and the United States reach a consensus on a spacewalk Friday extraordinary NASA astronauts to locate the leak of ammonia in a radiator of the International Space Station (ISS), as announced by the Chief the Russian segment of the mission, Vladimir Solovyov.
“The decision is not yet taken.’ll treat today. generally have nothing against. really have a serious breakdown very serious (in the U.S. segment of the ISS.) These cases must cooperate as partners, “Solovyov said. A Russian space industry source told Interfax ahead of the walk could take place on Saturday.
early Friday, NASA revealed that ISS astronauts have discovered an ammonia leak in a radiator of the ship, a problem that had already appeared in previous years . The fault, in any case, there is no risk to the safety of the crew.
While the radiator is in the U.S. segment of the space platform, the Russians also use , since the power supply system is common, Solovyov said.
Ammonia is a key element that flows through external systems thermal control station to cool and maintain the proper temperature electronics and other systems of the station.
leak can affect the functioning of the electricity generator channel , which supplies a large number of station components and could cause overheating in the systems if is out of service, which affect the entire space complex.
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