Cosmonauts sought to detect possible leaks on ISS after mission commanders found they were reducing oxygen- Technology News, Firstpost

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Cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been asked to conduct their investigation into a possible leak on the space station after mission commanders discovered oxygen levels on the ISS declining. Mission control has prompted cosmonauts to locate the source of the leak from the Zvezda model on the facility, warning them that the spacecraft has lost its conserved supply of oxygen, according to its report and RT.com.

The report recently cited a NASA broadcast in which a specialist from the Russian Mission Control Center from Korolyov in Moscow told the team that they do not currently understand what part of the intermediate chamber is the extra leaks are present, adding to the sadness, that these will not be able to do anything without the interference of the cosmonauts.

According to the report, the problem needs to be resolved immediately as the station has been running out of stored oxygen in its attempt to compensate for the leak.

Cosmonauts sought to detect possible leaks on ISS after mission commanders found they were reducing oxygen

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy will conduct studies on one of the space station’s models. Image credit: Twitter / @Astro_SEAL; September 2020

Even though the conversation caused a lot of warning, ISS cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradav made sure there was no reason to panic, saying they are working in a normal way and have been flying with the leak for half a year. In addition, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, kept the situation under control and if necessary an additional supply of oxygen will be delivered to orbit.

As according to Rogozin, they plan to send a Progress cargo ship to the ISS in February, however, adding that it is only a temporary solution as the older models in the stations have to retire.

The news was of the air leak it was first reported in August when a crew of ISS Expedition 63 began monitoring the leak inside a Zvezda service model. At the time, NASA had revealed that astronauts can operate at the station in maintained atmospheric pressure, but with a small amount of air leaking over the crew, normal refueling from charged nitrogen tanks is required. delivery at resume missions.

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