March 23, 2023

Fire alarms sound at International Space Station

Alarm sound on the International Space StationSmoke alerts went off at the Russian fragment of the International Space Station in the early long stretches of Thursday, and the team announced seeing smoke and the smell of consumed plastic
MOSCOW – Smoke cautions went off at the Russian section of the International Space Station in the early long periods of Thursday, and the group announced seeing smoke and the smell of consumed plastic.


Russia’s space office Roscosmos said the episode occurred in the Russian-assembled Zvezda module and happened as the station’s batteries were being re-energized.
As per Roscosmos, the group actuated air channels and got back to their “night rest” when the air quality had returned to typical. The group will continue with a space walk Thursday as arranged, the organization noted.
The space station is right now worked by NASA space explorers Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur; Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia’s Roscosmos; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency space traveler Akihiko Hoshide, and European Space Agency space traveler Thomas Pesquet.
Novitsky and Dubrov are booked to do a six-drawn out space stroll on Thursday to keep incorporating the Russian-constructed Nauka science lab that docked with the space station in July. Soon after docking, the lab momentarily took the orbital station out of position by inadvertently terminating its motors — an occurrence Russian space authorities accused on a product disappointment.