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BBC: International Space Station: Smoke triggers alert on board
Alarms were triggered on board the International Space Station after the crew reported smoke and the smell of burning plastic.
The incident centred on the Russian-built Zvezda module which provides living quarters, Russian media report.
The ageing space station has suffered a number of failures over the years and a Russian official recently warned of outdated hardware and failing systems.
These include air leaks, misfiring engines and cracks.
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said later that all systems were back to normal.
Reuters: Smoke detected in Russian module on space station - Roscosmos
Roscosmos said a smoke detector and an alarm were set off on the Zvezda service module, which provides living quarters for crew members on the ISS, when batteries were being recharged overnight.
RIA, citing audio communications broadcast by the U.S. space agency NASA, reported that Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky had seen and smelled smoke and that French astronaut Thomas Pesquet said the smell of burnt plastic or electronics had spread from the Russian segment to the U.S. section.
You know the saying about where there's smoke, there's ... um ... something you might want to look into.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @12:28AM (3 children)
This is the totally competent Russian space program that idiots brag about, not realizing they are thinking of decades old Soviet innovations.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Saturday September 11 2021, @11:04AM (1 child)
Yeah, this ain't the good old Soviet era technology anymore. All was great as long as money was no issue because prestige was all that counted (at least as long as foreign nations could see it, don't look at Soyus 1 or 11, those things happened at home where nobody could see... ok, technically they happened while coming down, but nobody could hear them scream).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @04:00PM
This is why we need astronaut dogs. They could smell the fire and track it to the source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @07:18PM
Zvezda is decades old Soviet technology. That's what's wrong with it.