Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter toxic coolant 'blob' while inspecting leaky radiator

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Cosmonauts on ISS spacewalk encounter toxic coolant 'blob' while inspecting leaky radiator
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Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub work to inspect an external radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module while conducting a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.Two cosmonauts conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday got an up-close view of a coolant leak that was first observed flowing from an external radiator earlier this month.

"The holes have very even edges, like they've been drilled through," Kononenko radioed to the flight controllers working in Moscow Mission Control."There are lots of them. They are spread in a chaotic manner." Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub work to install a synthetic radar communications system on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at the International Space Station on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.In addition to the radiator inspection, Kononenko and Chub also worked to install a synthetic radar communications system and released a nanosatellite to testtechnology.

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