Friday, May 10, 2013
Emergency spacewalk likely to fix space station leak
[ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:03:47 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comAstronauts on the International Space Station are preparing for a possible emergency spacewalk Saturday to fix a serious leak of ammonia coolant on the orbiting laboratory.On Thursday, the six residents of the station noticed frozen flakes of ammonia leaking from a coolant loop affixed to one of the eight solar arrays responsible for supplying power to the station. The cre...
[ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:03:47 GMT ]
By Miriam KramerSpace.comAstronauts on the International Space Station are preparing for a possible emergency spacewalk Saturday to fix a serious leak of ammonia coolant on the orbiting laboratory.On Thursday, the six residents of the station noticed frozen flakes of ammonia leaking from a coolant loop affixed to one of the eight solar arrays responsible for supplying power to the station. The cre...
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