NASA said Thursday that the International Space Station is
leaking ammonia from one of its cooling systems.
Ammonia is used aboard the station to cool the power
channels that are giving electricity to the station’s systems.
The crew aboard the Expedition 35 noticed small white flakes floating away from an area of the space station’s P6 truss structure.
The space agency said although the leak could lead to the cooling system shutting down within a day’s time, the crew is not in danger.
NASA says that plans are in the works to reroute other power
channels in order to allow the affected systems to remain functional.
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