Space Station Has Problem Oxygen Generator

STATION NEWS

File photo of Daniel Bursch, beside the Elektron oxygen generator aboard the ISS, in April 2002.

Moscow (UPI) Jan 7, 2005
An oxygen generator on the International Space Station malfunctioned but was repaired, Russian media reported last Friday.

An undisclosed source at the Russian Mission Control Center was quoted by the Russian Itar-Tass news agency as saying the Elektron oxygen generation system began to malfunction during the New Year holidays because the oxygen supply line was clogged with gas bubbles.

Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov fixed the problem Thursday, the source said.

A similar incident occurred last September. The oxygen generation system, according to the source, needs periodic repairs.

At the same time, neither Sharipov nor NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao are threatened with lack of oxygen because reserves of oxygen on the ISS are sufficient for several months, the source said.

The cargo spacecraft Progress M-51 delivered oxygen to the station in late December. The crew also can use standby oxygen producers for more than a month.

Plans call for an advanced Russian oxygen generation system to be sent to the ISS this year, the Newsru.com Web site reported.

STATION NEWS

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Moscow (UPI) Jan 04, 2005
Russia's space focus this year and beyond will be development of its segment of the International Space Station, news reports said. Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia's space agency -- also known as Roskosmos -- was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying development of the Russian segment of the ISS and providing work on it for the Russian crew will be a priority.

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