MOSCOW, Jan 18 Means to fix leaks in the intermediate chamber of the Russian Zvezda Service Module The ISS segment will be delivered on the nearest Progress cargo ship, and the cosmonauts will immediately begin to finally fix the leak, the press service of Roscosmos reports. Rogozin explained the creation of the national orbital stationThe press service specifies that Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov found a possible solution in December the last place in the Zvezda module from which an air leak could occur. NASA, in case of emergency, considered the option of completely isolating the compartment. «The concern of our partners are unreasonable and cause surprise,» the press service said. A small air leak on the ISS was recorded in September 2019. In October 2020, the crew discovered the first crack in the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module and sealed it in March 2021. As previously reported to RIA Novosti in Roskosmos, this crack did not threaten the station and the crew. Later it became known about the presence of a second crack, which the crew also repaired in March. However, the leakage did not stop, although it decreased. The astronauts continued to search for leaks and seal them.
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