Ars Technica The crew of the International Space Station might be taking an unscheduled space walk tomorrow to check out what appears to be a leak in one of the recirculating ammonia loops used to keep the station's power-generating solar arrays within operating ...
7Online.com The ammonia coursing through the plumbing is used to cool the space station's electronic equipment. There are eight of these power channels, and all seven others were operating normally. As a result, life for the six space station residents was pretty ...
Boston.com Expedition 35 crew members Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are outside the International Space Station, where they will inspect and possibly replace a pump controller box suspected of leaking ammonia coolant. The device contains the mechanical ...