- On Thursday morning, the Zvezda ISS module in Russia issued a smoke alarm.
- According to the Russian Space Agency, the air purification system of the International Space Station has been turned on and the crew is safe.
- A report stated that the crew smelled smoke; officials said the alarm went off when the battery was changed.
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On Thursday morning, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were awakened by a smoke alarm, which sounded from the Russian part of the structure.
The crew is safe. The spacewalk scheduled for later today is still in progress. According to the Russian state news agency TASS.
The Zvezda module, which joined the International Space Station in 2000, issued an alarm.
It is not clear what triggered the fire alarm.according to RIA NovostiAstronaut Oleg Nowitzki told the Mission Control Center that the crew smelled smoke, while French astronaut Thomas Pesquet smelled burnt plastic.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos said in a tweet that the alarm went off while its battery was charging.
Roscosmos said in a tweet that all systems later functioned normally.
Roscosmos told TASS that in response to this incident, the air purification system was turned on. Officials confirmed that the air is safe for the crew, but did not say whether there is a risk if the air is not purified.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos told TASS that after the purification was completed, the crew went back to sleep.
This is not the first time that the Zvezda module has such problems.The staff of the International Space Station also Smoke from modules reported in 2014; In 2020, astronauts tracked a Air leak By returning to the module Put tea at the station.
The International Space Station has been More than 20 years And began to show signs of time.Probably Stop service within ten years.The other Russian parts of the International Space Station have recently experienced problems.Last week, the astronaut It is reported that a crack was found in Zarya, Russia, Which part of the International Space Station was first launched in 1998.Earlier this month, Russia’s new International Space Station module science The thruster was launched by mistake and caused the space station Flip 540 degrees.
