Space station leak

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The International Space Station suffered a small leak of ammonia used to cool its power system on Thursday, May 9, but there was no danger to the crew, NASA said. The US space agency said crew had spotted small white flakes floating away from an area outside the craft before reporting the incident to Mission Control in Houston. NASA noted in a website bulletin that while the rate of ammonia leaking from the station’s truss structure had increased, the “station continues to operate normally otherwise and the crew is in no danger.”

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