(Corr)Cause of space station pressure loss found - Russian report
Posted on: Monday, 12 January 2004, 06:00 CST
[Reissue, correcting "floodlight" to "porthole" in first para]
Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
Moscow, 12 January: The pressure loss on the International Space Station is due to a crack in the external insulation of a porthole on the American Destiny [laboratory] module, NASA's office in Moscow has told ITAR-TASS.
There has been a gradual decay in pressure aboard the Station since the end of last year at the rate of 1-1.5 mm [timescale not specified].
[According to the NASA website, the decay is "a few hundredths of a pound per square inch (psi) of pressure per day".]
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