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Forum:	Space Shuttles - Space Station
Topic:	ISS: Air leak(s) from Zvezda transfer tunnel

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner used a tea bag to trace the source of the leak in the transfer module of the Zvezda service module. Ivanishin described the process in a call down to Moscow mission control on Oct. 15. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]We believe that we have really identified the probable leakage area. We have distributed a tea bag before closing the transfer chamber. We have several photos and videos of the direction of the tea bag’s flight or where it intended to fly and this precisely shows the direction the air is blowing from the possible air leak.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> The leak was traced back to a small fracture, which initially appeared to the crew as only a scratch. After a temporary patch, the leak continued but at a slower rate. On Monday (Oct. 19), Roscosmos [URL=https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1318116197016227840]said[/URL] a permanent seal is being worked. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]ISS crew sealed the airleak using temporary means available at the station. Currently, Chief Operating Control Group together with the space station crew is working out a program of operations to permanently seal the leak location.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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