'Harmful' Leak Forces Evacuation of U.S. Section of Space Station
The crew of the International Space Station were forced to evacuate the U.S. section Wednesday after a leak of "harmful substances," Russia's space agency said.
All crew were safe and had moved to the Russian side of the facility, the Russian Federal Space Agency said on its website. The U.S. section of the I.S.S. had been sealed off, it said.
"The safety of the team was preserved thanks to swift actions of the cosmonauts and astronauts themselves and the team on the ground in Moscow and Houston," said the chief of Russian mission control Maksim Matyushin.
Russia's Interfax news agency said the leaked substance was ammonia, although there was no mention of this in the space agency's statement.
The I.S.S. experienced an ammonia leak in May, 2013.
- Alexander Smith
First published January 14th 2015, 6:47 am
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