Wednesday, January 14, 2015

ISS ammonia leak – RBC

Mission Control Center

Photo: RIA Novosti

«Now all the astronauts and cosmonauts moved to the Russian segment of the ISS. Only that they held a session, the situation is under control, there is no threat to the health of the crew “, – told Interfax in Mission Control Center (MCC).

International same information policy Roscosmos said that emission sources in the US segment of the ISS began cooling system, the incident occurred at 11:44 MSK. « Currently, the US segment of the ISS is isolated, the crew is safe and is located on the Russian segment. The concentration of pollutants in the atmosphere of the Russian segment of the ISS is within acceptable values, “- said in a statement.

According to the head of the Russian Maxim Matyushina MCC, a plan of action with regard to the American segment of the station should be developed by experts from the US Mission Control Center in Houston.

In December 2013 the station refused to internal flow control valve ammonia pump module cooling circuit “A”. To replace astronauts Richard Mastracchio and Michael Hopkins had to go into space, repairs lasted about six hours. Astronauts have successfully installed a new pump module in the cooling circuit of the ISS, the pump was fixed and connected to the cooling system with four hoses. During the repair work took a slight leakage of ammonia, with a certain amount of toxic substance got on their spacesuits astronauts. According to the instructions, it had to be removed in open space with special cloths to avoid poisoning the ISS crew.

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