NASA warns of the risk of isolating the ISS module, where an air leak was detected: “This is the worst case scenario”

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Director of the American space agency NASA for the program of the International Space Agency (ISS) Robin Gateens said that the air leak detected in the Zvezda module could lead to permanent isolation of the compartment and called this solution “the worst possible option.” He announced this at a meeting of the Committee on Space Exploration and Manned Flight of the Advisory Council, adding that Russian and US cosmonauts continue to work to find the leak.

“The leak is so small that it is difficult to detect with detectors and ultrasonic diagnostics,” a NASA spokesman explained, adding that the situation does not contain serious threats.

In turn, Roskosmos considered the concern of American colleagues exaggerated. According to the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Dmitry Strugovets, Russian cosmonauts discovered the last place of the leak, it will be eliminated after the delivery of special means to eliminate leaks.

Source: Rosbalt

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