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International Space Station: the suspected ammonia leak was a false alarm

Houston, USA - Astronauts returned back to the international sector. A computer malfunctioning may have caused the alarm to sound

Emergency is over on the International Space Station (ISS). As reported by AVIONEWS, the crew of the American and European sector had been evacuated to the Russian part of the orbiting base following an alarm that could have been indicative of an ammonia leak from a cooling loop. Astronauts sealed the hatch between the two sections isolating themselves from the possible source of contamination. Flight...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1165448
Rome, Italy, 01/15/2015 13:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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