The International Space Station (the ISS) has been orbiting the Earth for more than 15 years with its various modules and gigantic solar panels. It is the only place outside the Earth where human beings have life constantly thanks to the shifts of astronauts and missions sent by the different space agencies. However, it seems that the years are not in vain for this marvel of technology and on the morning of November 11, NASA has reported a technical problem in it related to the cooling system of the ISS.
Apparently, the pump in one of the two cooling modules automatically shut down when the preset temperature limits were reached. Ammonia circulates through these circuits, which allows maintaining the appropriate temperature in the different laboratories and inside the ISS. Hence the flight control team worked to get it working again.
As the American space agency itself points out, " at no time have the crew or the station itself been in danger " since the blackout has mainly affected the Kibo laboratory and the Columbus laboratory.
As the statement itself explains, " the crew is safe and is preparing to start a normal sleep watch , while experts on the ground collect more data to check what actions are necessary to solve the problem that has arisen."
