NASA postpones two spacewalks due to a leak in the Science module on the ISS

Astronaut spacewalks from the American segment of the ISS, scheduled for October 12 and 20, are postponed indefinitely. The reason is a coolant leak in the reserve circuit of the Nauka module radiator. NASA reported this on the social network X.

The dates for sending astronauts into outer space will be announced later. Before that, NASA will analyze the leak to identify its causes.

It was planned that American astronaut Loral O’Hara and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen would go into outer space on October 12, and O’Hara and NASA astronaut Jasmine Moghbeli on October 20.

Roskomos and NASA reported about a coolant leak from the backup radiator in the Science module of the Russian segment on October 9. Roskomos clarified that the main thermal control circuit of the module is operating normally, and nothing threatens the station crew. NASA later announced that the leak had stopped.

Lusine Balasyan