They found serious damage to the International Space Station. Apparently, a leak has turned out as a result of a collision with a station micrometeoroid or space debris.
Detailed inspection of the International Space Station has revealed the presence of serious damage – a large through hole. The hole appeared, according to experts, as a result of a collision with a micrometeoroid or space debris.
“The scientific group of image analysis found hole length of 13 centimeters and a width of ten centimeters . Analysis of the available photos radiators farm P4 showed that the damage occurred between 12 May and 20 June 2014, and it is typical of the damage caused by blow right through “- quoted by” Interfax “Quarterly Report Johnson Space Center. At the same serious consequences the incident did not result.
The report notes that the impact of a micrometeoroid or space debris particles did not result in damage to the pipelines with ammonia and its leakage. The hole appeared between the coolant tubes . The report of such an arrangement is called a hole “happy accident”.
A collision with a cosmic body did not result in improper operation of the station. Thus, a leak was so “safe” for the ISS, they found it not on a mission astronauts, and employees of the research group from the Earth. The station has six people – Russian cosmonauts Maxim Suraev Alexander Samokutyayev Elena Serova, two astronauts from the United States Reid Wiseman and Barry Wilmore, and European astronaut Alexander Gerst.
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