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BREAKING Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station
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| 08/30/2018
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Posted on 08/30/2018 9:59:51 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
Pressure sensors detected a depressurization in the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday night. The crew had to search for a leak, which was eventually traced to the Russian space capsule docked with the station. The leak was found in the Soyuz craft, which is docked with the ISS, reported Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin. The official said air was being sucked out through a 1.5mm fracture, which may have been caused by a micrometeorite impact. “The crew safety is not in danger,” he said. “The spaceship will be kept, a repair kit will be used.”
Rogozin said the malfunction will require a sealant to be applied from the inside of the ship, so no emergency spacewalk will be required.
The leak was slow and posed no danger to people on board, according to NASA, with mission control deciding that crew members could sleep before locating it.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: iss; leak; meteorite; spacestation; trollthoughtworddeed
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So they weren't kidding about the space toilets?
To: Silentgypsy
“...a repair kit will be used.”
Also known as Duct Tape!
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:02:21 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: Silentgypsy
“The spaceship will be kept, a repair kit will be used.”
Just head over to the nearest Space Station Depot and pick up a patch kit.
To: Silentgypsy
The only confirmed leak having to do with Russia over the past two years…
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:05:45 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Thermal ThursdayBUMP)
To: MeganC
Also known as Duct Tape! Beat me by that much.
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:05:47 AM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
To: MeganC
Ya can’t live without duct tape!
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:06:07 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: Blue House Sue
Hopefully, it’ll work better than those pool patch kits.
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:07:03 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: Silentgypsy
Where is the Space Force when you need it?
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:07:24 AM PDT
by
BushCountry
(thinks he needs a gal whose name doesn't end in ".jpg")
To: mikrofon
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:07:34 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: Silentgypsy
To: rktman
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:07:48 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BushCountry
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:08:26 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:08:36 AM PDT
by
TheZMan
(I am a secessionist.)
To: Silentgypsy
I’ll have to check out the sky when it passes my area. That would be pretty cool to see the ISS flying around like when you release the air from a balloon.
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:08:43 AM PDT
by
Wissa
("Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult." - Michael Corleone)
To: equaviator
As seen on TV and not available in any stores?
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:09:21 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
To: MeganC
To: Silentgypsy
The leak was slow and posed no danger to people on board, according to NASA, with mission control deciding that crew members could sleep before locating it."Yeeeeaaahhh.... that's okay, NASA, I'll stay up."
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:10:14 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(On future maps, I suggest we remove the word "California" and substitute "Open-Air Asylum".)
To: MeganC
LOL! I was just going to suggest that.
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:10:29 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
To: Silentgypsy
It’s the Russians fault.
5.56mm
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:11:07 AM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
To: Wissa
I posted this because I get worried about our space peeps. Y’all are really taking this in stride!
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posted on
08/30/2018 10:11:08 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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