time to repair. Two U.S. astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy conducted a Saturday spacewalk to remedy ammonia leak detected by the crew , as images of NASA TV.
output, which started at 14h44 French time, was completed exactly five and a half hours later. But after just three hours, the astronauts were already able to replace the faulty pump. An hour later, they found OPERATED and after thirty minutes no sign of ammonia leak.
The U.S. space agency (Nasa) has announced that the ISS crew, consisting of six people Thursday had detected an ammonia leak from a cooling system. A qualified flight “anomaly very serious” by the head of the Russian segment of the ISS, Vladimir Soloviev. However, NASA had said she did not pose any threat to the astronauts or the Station.
several weeks to ensure the success of the operation
However
The Flight Director of ISS, Joel Montalbano, for his part, noted that the astronauts had done “a fantastic job” but “will take weeks, four or five, maybe more, before being 100% sure of the diagnosis. “
According to experts, the 168th spacewalk is unprecedented because it was prepared in a very short time.
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