Wednesday, May 18, 2016

In the US segment of the ISS broke processing plant urine – Lenta.ru

urine recycling system in drinking water has failed in the US segment of the International Space Station (ISS). On it informs “Interfax” referring to a source in the space industry.

«In the US segment of the ISS for technical reasons, for five days is not the system works Urine Processing UPA. Instead of recycling urine to be stored in special tanks “, – he told the agency

The astronauts, according to a source, try to repair the installation under the supervision of specialists on the ground.. If successful, it will work already “today or tomorrow».

According to SpaceRef, installation out of service in the waste compartment and hygiene (The Waste and Hygiene Compartment, WHC). Along with the repair work in the installation must be a new filter that will allow to process large amounts of urine into drinking water

A total of ISS are three bathrooms, one of them located in the Russian module “Zvezda”, the second -. In American “Tranquility” module, and the third – a laptop. At the same time the possibility of processing urine into the water is only available in the US compartment.

In August 2015, in the US segment of the ISS failed in the electricity system. Problems caused a stop in the air circulation system and other support systems. At night, the space station crew raised the alarm. Together, astronauts and specialists of the Mission Control Center (MCC) in Houston was able to solve the problem.

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