ISS still leaking air as Nasa races to locate mysterious hole – and admits it’s ‘taking longer than expected’

NASA has admitted that it’s still not found the source of a mysterious air leak in the International Space Station despite the frantic search now entering its third week. The cabin breach disclosed on August 20 has forced the station’s three crew members into its Russian segment while the US space agency investigates. Nasa astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin are not said to be in danger as the search continues aboard the ISS, which orbits roughly 250 miles (400km) above Earth. Investigators had said they wanted to solve the problem within a few days but have now admitted the search is “taking longer than expected”. Nasa’s Daniel Huot told Business Insider on Tuesday that most of the station’s compartments had been ruled out as sources of the leak. He added that the review should be completed “in the coming days.”It follows a now-infamous incident two years ago in which a hole discovered on the International Space Station (ISS) was found to have been drilled from inside the spacecraft. Investigators are said to have concluded that the breach was the result of a botched repair job carried out by Russian mechanics on Earth. Nasa first spotted… Read full this story

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