A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the
American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said
Wednesday.
The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the
station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the
agency said in a statement.
“At present the American segment has been evacuated and the crew is
safely located in the Russian segment,” the statement said. The American segment
has been sealed off.
A representative of the Russian mission control center told Russian news
agencies that the substance is ammonia. The accident could also delay the
departure of the US SpaceX cargo ship Dragon, …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
