Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub got an up-close view of a coolant leak flowing from an external radiator while conducting a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.
Two Russian cosmonauts will go outside the International Space Station today (Oct. 25) to investigate the source of a coolant leak that sprang up on Oct. 9. You can watch the webcast live.
NASA wants to do extra checks after an International Space Station leak on the Russian side, postponing the first of two scheduled spacewalks for a second time as the coolant investigation continues.
Two astronauts scheduled to exit the airlock of the International Space Station on Thursday will wait until later this year after a coolant leak outside the ISS caused NASA to reshuffle the spacewalk schedule.
NASA and Russian officials are investigating a new leak aboard the International Space Station. The Russian Nauka science module sprung a leak in a 13-year-old backup radiator.