Wednesday, January 14, 2015

International Space Station's U.S. Section Evacuated After Alarm

All crew members are safe and have been moved to the Russian side of the station.



AFP / Getty Images SHAMIL ZHUMATOV


The crew of the International Space Station had to evacuate the U.S. section after an alarm was triggered around 3 a.m. CT.


U.S. crew members donned safety masks, sealed their section of the station and moved to the Russian side. The crew is safe and in good shape, NASA said at a news conference.


NASA said that while the alarm could have been cause by an ammonia leak, there is no data to suggest that yet, and it was likely a faulty sensor or computer relay that caused it.




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