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Space station cooling system shuts down, some systems offline [i]The International Space Station suffered a problem with half of its vital cooling system Wednesday (Dec. 11), resulting in a partial power down of some non-critical systems, NASA officials say. According to a NASA statement, "at no time was the crew or the station itself in any danger." The six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the orbiting laboratory went to sleep as regularly scheduled with no concern for their safety, the statement said. On Wednesday, one of the two pumps used to circulate ammonia coolant on the outside of the space station shut down after lower than normal temperatures were detected. The shutdown cut off half of the space complex's ability to regulate the temperatures for both its internal and external systems.[/i]
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