NASA working to hunt down pesky ISS air leak – CNET [CNET]

August 22, 2020 Thomas Giboney technology

Three space explorers zipping around over the Earth on the International Space Station have a mystery on their hands thanks to a small but persistent air leak. NASA is currently in sleuthing mode to find the source.

While an air leak in space sounds worrisome, NASA isn’t fretting it. “The leak is still within segment specifications and presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station,” NASA said in a statement on Thursday.

A little bit of air leakage is normal, and this particular leak has been on the radar for a while. “In September 2019, NASA and its international partners first saw indications of a slight increase above the standard cabin air leak rate,” the agency said. A further increase in that rate has triggered new measures to hunt down the source so it can potentially be repaired.