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Anonymous ID: b0ab9d Aug. 21, 2020, 6:39 a.m. No.10370384   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0409 >>0625 >>0966 >>1080

>>10370363

>https://twitter.com/mailonline/status/1296801647067373569

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8650487/ISS-crew-spend-weekend-Russian-segment-leak-hunt.html

 

Air leak on the ISS forces the on-board astronauts to spend the weekend in the station's Russian segment while NASA hunts down the source

 

Three astronauts are going to spend the weekend in the Russian section of the International Space Station after a leak was detected somewhere onboard.

 

While in the Russian section the crew members will close all of the hatches on the station - allowing Earth-based experts to monitor air pressure levels and find the source of the leak.

 

Commander Chris Cassidy and his crewmates Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin will stay in the Zvezda service module from Friday night into Monday morning.

 

NASA and Roscosmos said the situation represented no immediate danger to the crew or to the space station but that it was important to find the source.

 

The station’s atmosphere is maintained at a level of pressure designed to be comfortable for the crew members - a tiny bit of that air leaks out over time.

 

The leaks are a part of life for the 22-year-old orbiting laboratory which gets routine re-pressurisation thanks to nitrogen tanks delivered by cargo spacecraft.

 

'In September 2019, NASA and its international partners first saw indications of a slight increase above the standard cabin air leak rate,' NASA said in a statement.

 

Because of routine station operations like spacewalks and spacecraft arrivals and departures, it took time to realise what the measurement changes meant.

 

'The leak is still within segment specifications and presents no immediate danger to the crew or the space station,' NASA and Roscosmos said.

 

The test to find the source of the leak will involve ground staff monitoring air pressure levels over time - something that doesn't pose a risk to the crew.

 

The Zvezda module that will house the three crew members provides the living quarters that enabled permanent human habitation to begin nearly 20 years ago when the Expedition 1 crew arrived at the station November 2, 2000.

 

Cassidy, Vagner, and Ivanishin also will have access to the Poisk mini-research module and their Soyuz MS-16 crew ship for the duration of their stay.

 

A leak isn't a new thing for the ageing laboratory - they happen regularly including a controversial leak in 2018 that was suspected to have been human made.

 

Astronauts had to rush to fix a hole which appeared in the outer wall of a Russian Soyuz capsule that had been docked with the station for three months.

 

Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, conducted an investigation into the hole and compiled a dossier on the incident, but reports claim it will not disclose its findings.

 

This includes, it seems, its international collaborators on the ISS, including NASA.

 

Just days prior to their return to Earth, the cosmonauts endured a gruelling spacewalk that lasted almost eight hours to investigate the hole, using knives and shears to carve into the side of the ISS.

 

NASA claimed the astronauts on board were never in danger but images and further investigation revealed it was made from the inside.

 

The report on where this latest leak is should be known by the end of next week, according to NASA, who explained that once found astronauts can be directed to carry out repairs to stop it getting worse.

Anonymous ID: b0ab9d Aug. 21, 2020, 6:44 a.m. No.10370415   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>10370406

>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8650989/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-volunteered-school-charity-event.html

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle go back to work! Couple don face masks as they hand out essentials to families at a back-to-school event for Baby2Baby in first charity outing since lockdown

 

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have volunteered at a back-to-school charity event in what marks their first charity engagement since lockdown.

Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 39, both wearing face coverings, distributed supplies, clothes and nappies at a drive-through run by Los Angeles charity Baby2Baby, which provides basic necessities for families in need.

Pictures show the couple handing supplies in through the windows of vehicles at Dr Owen Lloyd Knox Elementary School in South LA on Wednesday.

The couple cut casual figures, with Meghan sporting loose khaki shorts with a white shirt and trainers, and Harry going for a similar look plus a baseball cap.

The volunteering comes after it emerged the couple had bought a property in the celebrity hotspot of Santa Barbara for a reported ÂŁ11 million.

The couple had been house-hunting for some time after relocating to the US from Canada just before the coronavirus lockdown.

Harry and Meghan plunged the royal family into a period of crisis when they announced earlier in the year that they wanted to step back from their positions as senior royals and become financially independent.

A summit of senior royals was convened by the Queen at Sandringham to discuss the issue, with Harry sitting down for talks with his grandmother, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge.

It was later announced they would no longer be working members of the monarchy, would split their time between Canada and the UK, with the majority in North America, and no longer be known as HRH.

The couple's appearance comes just days after Omid Scobie claimed Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will return to the UK to resume their charity work once lockdown travel restrictions ease.

The co-author of bombshell biography Finding Freedom, currently the best-selling book in the UK, said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will undertake trips to Britain in both a private and professional capacity.

Speaking to Royal Central, Scobie said the couple 'love to get out there and be active in the field'.

'Harry and Meghan have made it clear that their work in the UK, including their royal patronages, will continue,' he explained.

'While their base will be in the US, I think once travel restrictions ease we will see them moving around again and undertaking trips to the UK, both privately and professionally.'

He added: 'A lot of the work they already started, including all four of Meghan’s patronages, are right here on British soil.'

But despite Scobie pointing out the Queen has told the couple, who stepped down as senior members of the Firm in March, that the door 'is open', he said he doesn't believe they'll return to the UK as full-time working royals.

'It's safe to say that this is a couple who are very much forward-focused and are clearly in a good place,' he told the publication.

'The Sussexes are more engaged in the issues that matter to them than ever, the work on Archewell–their non-profit organisation–continues, and, as we have recently seen, they have established a permanent family base in California.

'The UK will always be important to them, but I don’t think we’ll ever see that happen again as working royals.'

Anonymous ID: b0ab9d Aug. 21, 2020, 7:46 a.m. No.10370978   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0999 >>1113

>>10370542

 

https://twitter.com/NSP_CarrierEnf/status/1296477586839810048

To the trucking company that left this #tank on the side of the interstate in central Nebraska: We would like to talk to you! I’m sure @DeptofDefense would as well! @NSP_TroopD #NSP131

 

https://twitter.com/NEStatePatrol/status/1296490973254627328

P.S. This is a bridge laying vehicle and we know who it belongs to.

We're working to make sure it gets to where it needs to get.

So, no, you can't claim it, but tanks for trying.