Space Station Hole
Two weeks have passed since a small leak was spotted in a russian made capsule on the international space station.
Space station hole. Upon finding the source of the leak a 2 millimeter 0 08 inch hole in the orbital compartment of the soyuz ms 09 astronaut alexander gerst from the european space agency plugged it with his. It all started back in august when astronauts aboard the international space station discovered a small hole in one of the walls. Earlier this week a russian cosmonaut who investigated the mysterious hole in the soyuz capsule docked to the international space station revealed that the hole was definitely drilled from the.
Space station astronauts patched a small hole in the upper orbital module of the soyuz ms 09 spacecraft left on aug. There s a hole in the space station and it s led to a whole lot of confusion. And it had been plugged with just glue and tape.
The crew of the international space station have had time to relax reflect and inspect now that a hole that was venting air into the void has been plugged. A space industry source told tass the spacecraft could have been damaged during. A russian cosmonaut who got a close up view of a mysterious hole in a soyuz capsule docked to the international space station said monday that the opening was drilled from inside the spacecraft and.
A whodunit has been unfolding in space over the past few months. The hole is in a section of the soyuz ship that is discarded in orbit and not used to carry people back to earth. The commander of the international space station has revealed the hole drilled from the inside of the orbiting laboratory was likely caused by a botched repair job.
The soyuz capsule s habitation module used by roscosmos to take its cosmonauts and astronauts to the iss was on august 30 2018 found to have a hole in it measuring 0 07 inches in diameter.