ISS Russian Module Leak Persists Despite Latest Repairs
RUSSIA, AUG 1 – The air leak rate in the Russian ISS segment has doubled since 2019 despite repairs, with NASA rating it as the highest risk and no consensus on the cause or solution.
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A steady flow of air from the International Space Station (ISS) has so far praised all efforts to remedy it. Although the team hopes that it has signaled the latest crash from the Russian mode, its observations will be...


Air leak persists on Russian ISS segment
A Russian module on the International Space Station continues to suffer an air leak after hopes that recent repairs had resolved the long-running problem. The post Air leak persists on Russian ISS segment appeared first on SpaceNews.
The International Space Station (ISS) leak has still not been fixed, writes Gizmodo. The problem has already been acknowledged by the Russian space agency, with Sergei Krikalyov, head of Roscosmos’ space programs, saying that they recently thought they had found and sealed the last crack, but long-term observations show that the leak is still there. The phenomenon is not new at all. Roscosmos first reported the leak in September 2019, which was …
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