ISS Has Another Coolant Loop Problem, Crew OK
The International Space Station (ISS) has encountered another problem with one of its coolant pumps. The 6-person crew is fine according to the agency.
In a statement, NASA said the pump on one of the two coolant loops shut down and flight controllers suspect a flow control valve malfunctioned. Some non-critical systems in Node 2 (Harmony), Japan’s Kibo laboratory and Europe’s Columbus laboratory were powered down.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) tweeted that one of the two external cooling loops automatically shut today because it got too cold.
The pump module on one of #ISS two external cooling loops automatically shut down today when it got too cold.
— Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) December 12, 2013
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