Assistant head of NASA on piloted flights Katie Liders refuted the involvement of American astronauts in the appearance of a hole in the household compartment “Union MS-09”. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
At a press conference, the leaders asked how in NASA refer to the charges of the unnamed representatives of Roskosmos in the fact that NASA astronauts could face psychological and medical problems at the International Space Station (ISS) and that it could encourage astronauts a series Aunon-Chansellor Drill a hole in the Union module.
“crew members from NASA perform their missions professionally and honestly … I support the serine and its professional behavior, and I do not find this accusation of trustworthy,” the leaders noted.
Earlier, the TASS, with reference to the source in the Russian rocket and space industry, reported that “someone drove, which did not pass on the device for the device” Union MS “. He clarified that “Americans refused to pass a polygraph, unlike Russian astronauts.”
In August 2018, it became known about the air leakage on the ISS, the source of which was a hole in the “Union of MS-09”, who dashed to the station in June of the same year. A visual study showed that the hole appeared as a result of the deliberate effect of drill on the trim. Russian cosmonauts managed to quickly close the hole, and in December – to make an exit to open space for outdoor examination.
In December of the same year, Russian astronauts Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev examined the external surface of the MS-09-docked ISS. The crew members opened the thermal insulation and the control panel in the estimated location of the breakthrough, from where air leakage occurred in August, and also examined and photographed a hole in the household compartment. The collected materials and data should be analyzed on Earth in order to determine the circumstances of the hole.