A new crack has been discovered at the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel by Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, reports TASS.
“So far we have found one, and another place is under suspicion where there is some kind of leakage,” Solovyov noted. According to the flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, the cosmonauts are awaiting the arrival of a powerful microscope on the cargo ship, with the help of which possible cracks will be investigated.
On January 21, the TV channel “Russia 24” reported that one of the air conditioning systems SKV-2 in the Russian module “Zvezda” was switched off on the ISS. Nothing threatens the cosmonauts, since the station has a backup system SKV-1.
On January 16, the director of the ISS department at NASA headquarters, Robin Gatens, said that the search for the second air leak in the Russian Zvezda module had been stopped until February before the arrival of the next Progress spacecraft. A hole in the ISS hull was formed at the end of December 2020. An air leak in the Russian module at the station was recorded in September.
