The cosmonauts told that they could not eliminate the air leak from the Russian module “Zvezda” of the International Space Station (ISS), reports RIA Novosti citing the astronauts’ negotiations with the Earth, which are broadcast by NASA.
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov closed the hatch to the intermediate chamber on Sunday night segment where the leak was detected to check its tightness. However, after reopening it, it was found that the pressure in the compartment continued to drop due to a persistent “leak”.
Last time a leak on the ISS was discovered on December 19. Then the situation was complicated by the fact that the oxygen supply to replenish the air loss at the station was coming to an end.
In September, the Zvezda module of the ISS Russian segment a leak was recorded , which, according to Roscosmos , ensured the overall drop in atmospheric pressure at the station at level 1 millimeter of mercury in eight hours. It took more than a month to find and fix it.
Later in the Russian segment broke toilet, vacuum cleaner and oxygen production system ” Electron-VM “.
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, American astronauts Kathleen are working on the ISS now Rubins , Michael Hopkins , Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, as well as a Japanese Soichi Noguchi .