Russian Cosmonauts Patch Cracks in Space Station’s Zvezda Module
MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — Russian ISS-64 long-term expedition crewmembers have completed the repair works in the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
According to RSC Energia press service, “the International Space Station crew has completed the repair works of the Zvezda module hull. In the coming days Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov will close the Zvezda module hatches to perform pressure level checks.”
All the works are conducted under the supervision of the ISS Russian Segment Chief Operation Control Group and RSC Energia specialists.
Currently, the 64th long-term expedition crew is working on board the International Space Station. The crew consists of Roscosmos cosmonauts Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov, as well as NASA astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
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For now, perhaps. There were, it seems, multiple cracks found requiring repair – not a good sign in terms of future prospects, especially the farcical ROS idea of hiving off the Russian modules as an independent station after ISS is decommissioned. The terminal decrepitude of the Russian modules now seems far more likely to be the ultimate reason the ISS is decommissioned.
I hope the repair materials have a decent shelf life as I suspect they will see increasing future use.
Yes, it is reaching the end of its shelf life it appears. Hope the ISS will survive its failure.
there is no hope for the Russians having an independent station none
I read somewhere (unable to find the reference) that the original computers broke years ago and they replaced them with tablets. It seems it is being held together with duct tape and glue, but then it was built in the late 1980’s when the Soviets were still planning to launch it on a Mir 2. It is why it is amazing the ISS is still functional given the old Soviet era units used on the Russian portion of it.
I think thats accurate. long ago the American stuff took over control ops…
really what we have are two different stations linked at node 1.
If NASA is able to keep patching and fixing the ISS for a few more years the uncrew cargo version of the Starship should be able to return the modules safety to Earth, allowing the solar panels and other debris to burn up in the atmosphere. Otherwise trying to crash something like the ISS into the Pacific dumping ground is going to be very risky. If NASA is smart it would get together with SpaceX and start working out the options for doing so.