Oxygen Generator on Space Station Fails
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The main oxygen generator for the International Space Station has failed, and the two astronauts on board will tap into an attached cargo ship's air supply this weekend.
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MOSCOW, November 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian transport ship Progress failed to raise the International Space Station to the designated orbit on Wednesday.
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Crew members may have to abandon the international space station late this year if astronauts can&#39;t fix already weeks-old oxygen supply problems, a NASA official said Friday.
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Two astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station on Wednesday replaced an electric motor on one of three solar wings that provide power to the station during a seven-hour-long spacewalk, NASA said.
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The two-man crew aboard the International Space Station successfully completed a 5 1/2-hour spacewalk Wednesday to set up a robotics experiment and help engineers fix a problem with the station's oxygen generator.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - International space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear Monday after smelling a foul odor that turned out to be a harmful chemical leaking from an oxygen vent, NASA said.&quot;We don't exactly know the nature of the spill ...
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A solar power panel ripped as it was being unfurled from a newly reinstalled girder on the International Space Station on Tuesday, forcing NASA to halt the operation and throwing expansion plans into doubt.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran into a jam trying to fold up one of the space station's solar wing panels on Wednesday, a key step in the mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reported a smoke-like smell in the Russian-built segment of the orbital laboratory Monday, sending the crew into emergency procedures though no smoke or fire was evident.
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The International Space Station (ISS) and its astronaut crews routinely face a series of potentially disastrous risks in Earth orbit, an independent safety panel reported Tuesday. But available backup systems and procedures minimize the likelihood of the most catastrophic scenarios.
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The main oxygen generator for the international space station has failed, and the two astronauts on board will tap into an attached cargo ship's air supply this weekend, NASA said Thursday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, and it's crucial that a Russian supply ship get there by then, a top NASA official said Friday...
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NASA officials said that a problem seen in an electrical generator presents a Âminimum risk.Â
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The Genesis space capsule that crashed into the Utah desert last month failed because four pencil stub-size gravity switches designed to trigger the release of the spacecraft&#39;s parachutes
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Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and oxygen and water supplies were partly working again Thursday after failing the day before.
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The crew of the International Space Station is not in danger of running out of oxygen, Russian controllers said Friday. Gennady Padalka and Michael Fincke are breathing oxygen from reserves aboard the station, Itar-Tass reported.
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A major, new problem popped up on the International Space Station on Wednesday as space shuttle astronauts finished installing a new solar-power unit -- the failure of key computers that could in an extreme scenario force the crew off the station, officials said.