Flight Director of the Russian Segment of the International Space Station (ISS) Vladimir Solovyov assessed the air leak from the Zvezda module as “insanely small.” The specialist said this during a conversation with the crew, RIA Novosti reports.
Soloviev noted that the leak is sometimes found, sometimes lost, and its source may not be found. “Some infection flows, then does not flow,” – said the specialist, adding that “fuck you find this hole.”
The leak at the Zvezda module, according to Roskosmos, provided a total atmospheric pressure drop on the ISS at the level of 1 millimeter of mercury in 8 hours.
As Business Insider wrote at the end of September, the leakage rate increased to 1.4 kilograms per day, which required re-isolation of the crew.
At the end of August 2018, Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of Roscosmos, spoke about an air leak from the Russian manned spacecraft Soyuz docked to the ISS, the source of which was a drilled hole 1.5 mm in diameter. The manager stressed that the hole in question had been sealed with Kapton tape.
