For their last week of travel in space, two astronauts from the International Space Agency (ISS) are preparing to live a unique experience on Saturday afternoon. Americans Christopher Cassidy, 43, and Thomas Marshburn, 52, will have to leave their cabin, where they are confined for nearly six months to plug a major leak of amnoniac from the station since Thursday in the form of flakes and threatens to disrupt its operation. That day, 2 kg of ammonia escaped into twenty-four hours against the same volume usually seen in a year.
“We’ll get them out and see if we can not figure out where this leak,” said Michael Suffredini, according to which a meteorite or a piece of orbital debris could have struck the heat sink, which contains the amnoniac. “It is most likely that the source is the pump (cooling, ed) itself, so we will change the pump,” he says. The NASA ensures that the two handymen weightless will not in danger during this mission. The station commander, Canadian Chris Hadfield looks confident. In a series of posts on Twitter from space, it ensures that Christopher and Thomas are ready to go. “Final preparations for Tom and Chris, who prepare their combi nations and their air supply for shipment in space. A full day of preparation, “he wrote noon, share a photograph of his teammates. VIDEO. The leak amnoniac filmed by NASA
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If spacewalks are frequent, it is “probably” one of “fastest” ever made, noted an official of the ISS, Michael Suffredini. The operation, which should begin around 14 hours should not exceed six hours.
A breach in the cooling pump“We’ll get them out and see if we can not figure out where this leak,” said Michael Suffredini, according to which a meteorite or a piece of orbital debris could have struck the heat sink, which contains the amnoniac. “It is most likely that the source is the pump (cooling, ed) itself, so we will change the pump,” he says. The NASA ensures that the two handymen weightless will not in danger during this mission. The station commander, Canadian Chris Hadfield looks confident. In a series of posts on Twitter from space, it ensures that Christopher and Thomas are ready to go. “Final preparations for Tom and Chris, who prepare their combi nations and their air supply for shipment in space. A full day of preparation, “he wrote noon, share a photograph of his teammates. VIDEO. The leak amnoniac filmed by NASA
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