An air leak in the Russian Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS) will soon be fixed, the concern of foreign partners on this issue is surprising. This was announced on Tuesday, January 18, by the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Dmitry Strugovets, to Izvestia.
“The leak elimination means are planned to be delivered on the nearest Progress cargo spacecraft, after which the astronauts will proceed to the final elimination of the leak. The concern of our partners is unfounded and surprising,” said Strugovets.
NASA Director of the ISS program Robin Gateens on January 18 allowed the Russian Zvezda module to be completely isolated if work on fixing the air leak was not completed successfully.
An air leak on the ISS was discovered in September 2020. To search for the leak, the crew of the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, which launched to the space station on October 14, took equipment with them.
On April 15, 2021, cosmonaut Ivan Vagner said that the air leakage in the chamber of the Zvezda module was reduced by a factor of three after sealing. His colleague Sergei Ryzhikov sealed the cracks on the ISS with a sealant.
In July, experts from Russia and NASA identified several possible air leaks in the Zvezda module. On May 12, Roskosmos formed a commission to combat the leak. A joint working group has also been set up between NASA and Russian partners to cooperate in determining the causes of the leak and potentially preventing its negative consequences.
On December 31, Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov found the last possible air leak in the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module.
Source: IZ
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