Dangling strap to blame for scary Soyuz space leak?
The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft leaves the international space station
on Oct. 11, as seen through a station porthole. The craft consists
of three modules: from left, the service module with solar arrays,
the descent capsule and the spherical orbital module.
Image source: MSNBC / NASA
on Oct. 11, as seen through a station porthole. The craft consists
of three modules: from left, the service module with solar arrays,
the descent capsule and the spherical orbital module.
Image source: MSNBC / NASA
James Oberg writes in MSNBC News:
Russian space officials are unofficially blaming the alarming pressure drop during last month's landing of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft on a dangling strap and crew error, MSNBC.com has learned. The Russian space agency's draft report on the matter remains unsigned, however, according to the NASA safety official who provided MSNBC.com with a copy of the report.
The NASA official, who asked his name not be revealed, said that "disagreements between the specialists and crew" still had to be resolved, but that the Russians had shared the draft report in an e-mail to their NASA counterparts.
posted by Fergie @ 11/01/2005 05:53:00 PM
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