The odor — along with “droplets” the cosmonauts, or Russian astronauts, said they observed — likely resulted from “outgassing from materials inside the (Russian) Progress spacecraft,” NASA said in a statement to CNN Monday afternoon.
“For any detailed information on what caused the unusual odor, please contact (Russian space agency) Roscosmos,” Humphries said.
Continuing saga on the ISSNASA said in its Sunday statement that, after the Russian cosmonauts noticed the odor, they shut down the hatch that connects the 16-foot-long and 8.4-foot-wide Poisk module to the rest of the space station.
The space station has hosted rotating crews of cosmonauts and astronauts — hailing from more than 20 countries — since the year 2000 in separate but connected Russian and US sections.
In addition to Roscosmos, those partners include the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
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“, Kelly O, Humphries, NASA’s, ” Humphries, Roscosmos
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