Russian segment of the Space Station.Astronauts already serve as researchers and maintenance workers for the ISS but with the slow air leak, they became detectives searching for the cause.Using a method Sherlock Holmes would be proud of, Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin used tea leaves from a tea bag that gathered at what looked like a scratch but turned out to be a small crack, reports TASS.
The flaw has been temporarily repaired, according to Roscosmos.“Russian crew members were able to temporarily seal the air leak teams have been investigating aboard the station,” a NASA Johnson Space Center spokesperson said.