MOSCOW, Sept. 29. / TASS /. Cosmonauts locally sent an air leak at the International Space Station to Russia’s Zvezda service model, Russian space agency Roscosmos told TASS on Tuesday.
“After inspecting and inspecting for the location of the air leak from the ISS atmosphere it was determined to be in a Zvezda service model, where scientific equipment is stored,” the agency said.
Roscosmos confirmed that the leak had been removed in the working cell of the service model. “The specific location of the potential leak is being identified,” the group said.
The news service explained that the ISS atmospheric pressure dropped by a 1 mm mercury pressure in eight hours. “This situation poses no threat to the life and health of the ISS crew and does not prevent the ISS from continuing on the flight,” the Russian agency noted.
In August, a source told TASS that the Russian and American ISS crew were working to localize the air leak. Back then, the team moved to the Russian models for three days to monitor pressure in the U.S. region.
Currently, Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner as well as American astronaut Chris Cassidy are aboard the ISS.