- An official told state media that the astronauts found a crack in the module of the Russian space station.
- According to Reuters, the flight director of the Russian space station said the cracks may spread.
- A series of problems have been plagued by the Russian part of the International Space Station.
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Russian astronauts found a crack in a module on the side of the International Space Station.
“Surface cracks were found in some parts of the Zarya module,” said Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the Russian section of the International Space Station. Tell the state-owned news agency RIA Monday, according to Reuters The report translates his statement. “This is bad and shows that the cracks will start to spread over time.”
It is not yet clear how large the new cracks are or what may be causing them. According to a Reuters report, Solovyov did not specify whether the cracks caused any air leaks.
Insider was unable to independently confirm the Reuters report, and NASA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The 12-meter-long Zarya module is the first piece of the space station (ISS). It was launched into orbit in 1998 and is mainly used for storage and propulsion.
This is the latest in a series of questions about the Russian module, as the Russian side of the space station has some of the oldest components. last year, The toilet in this section is broken, Mysterious increase in temperature, with The oxygen supply system is broken.
Previously Russian media Report Soloviev told the Russian Academy of Sciences: “Many elements have been severely damaged and have been discontinued. Many of them are not replaceable. We predict that after 2025, many elements on board will experience an avalanche-like failure. The International Space Station.”
In September 2019, another space station module Zvezda, which provides shelter for astronauts, began to leak air. The leak is not serious and does not pose a danger to the staff of the space station, so the managers of the International Space Station ignored it until they noticed that the leak rate was getting higher and higher.When the astronauts and astronauts on the space station finally discovered the source in September 2020, they passed Let the tea float Around, then follow them. They patched the small hole with Kapton tape.
In 2018, a mysterious borehole was discovered on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft docking with the International Space Station. Astronauts fill it with epoxy resin before it can decompress the space station.Earlier this month, an anonymous Russian official blame NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor is in charge of these holes, claiming that she drilled them to return home as soon as possible. NASA leadership firmly denied these allegations.
Even the newest module in Russia-a type called science, Which was launched to the International Space Station in July-encountered serious problems. Soon after docking with the space station, Nauka unexpectedly started launching thrusters.This led to the entire International Space Station Rotate 540 degrees and invert Before the flight controller regained control in an hour.
