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Astronauts on the ISS brace for emergency evacuation after NASA finds 50 'areas of concern'
NASA has raised the threat level to the highest rating
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are preparing for a possible evacuation as they face a worsening air leak problem.
The US space agency and its Russian counterpart, Roscomos, are tracking 50 'areas of concern' related to a growing leak aboard the station.
In a recent report from NASA's Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the cracks in a Russian service module have reached a 'top safety risk,' marking it a five-out-of-five threat level.
This story is the only one I can find. Can someone please corroborate this?
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Astronauts on the ISS Brace for Emergency Evacuation after NASA Finds 50 'Areas of Concern'
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by quietus on Tuesday October 29 2024, @06:13PM
They originally used an ultrasonic noise detector to detect the escaping air, then tried to plug it with kapton tape; now they seem to suspect brittleness/stresses within the Pfk section -- a vestibule between the actual docking station and the rest of the Zvezda module. (If you've ever owned an Alfa Romeo with a roof window you might sympathize: the sealing rubber around that window grows brittle with time, causing leaks.)
Note that the ISS is not completely airtight, but continuously loses tiny amounts of gas to space: which is why it is regularly repressurized using nitrogen tanks brought up by cargo spacecraft.