NASA has called off Thursday’s spacewalk at the ISS while officials continue to investigate the cause of a coolant leak involving Russia’s Nauka module.
NASA has called off Thursday’s spacewalk at the International Space Station while officials continue to investigate the cause of a coolant leak involving a back-up radiator attached to the outside of Russia’s Nauka module.Recommended Videos The leak was spotted earlier this week though has now stopped. It was first reported by Roscosmos flight controllers and then confirmed by NASA external station camera views, which showed residual coolant droplets emerging from the radiator.
The leak follows two other similar incidents at the ISS nearly a year ago. The first, in December, saw coolant spraying from a docked Soyuz spacecraft. The crew capsule was deemed unsafe for carrying the two Russian and one American crew members back to Earth. An investigation into what caused the Soyuz leak concluded that it was likely the result of a tiny meteoroid striking the spacecraft.
The first of the two spacewalks, which was supposed to take place on Thursday, involves NASA’s Loral O’Hara and the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen. When it eventually gets underway, the pair will collect samples for analysis in a bid to find out whether microorganisms exist on the exterior of the orbital complex.
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