The International Space Station is still leaking
- A minor leak has developed on the International Space Station, and NASA officials are still trying to figure out exactly where it is.
- US astronauts spent the weekend isolated in the Russian segment of the spacecraft as NASA monitored different sections for possible leaks.
- NASA says it will spend this week working on isolating the problem.
Late last week NASA revealed that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station would be isolating themselves in the Russian side of the ISS for the weekend. This wasn't some kind of mini space vacation or anything, but it was an attempt to figure out which specific section of the space station was leaking atmosphere at a greater rate than normal.
The hatches between the sections were closed off, allowing the scientists to closely monitor the air loss in different parts of the spacecraft. This, it was thought, would answer the burning question of where the ISS had sprung a leak. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have done so.
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