During Seven-Hour Spacewalk, Russian Astronauts Gather Clues to Orbital Mystery

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  • During Seven-Hour Spacewalk, Russian Astronauts Gather Clues to Orbital Mystery
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/science/spacewalk-russia-soyuz.html

    Finally, the astronauts, Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev, found what they were looking for: a tiny, sealed hole in the spacecraft’s hull.

    They sought out this puncture because they were seeking clues to who drilled that circular hole in a #Soyuz craft that is currently docked at the space station. The hole caused a small air leak at the space station in August. Though quickly sealed, it roiled space relations between the United States and Russia as Russian media speculated that a NASA astronaut had deliberately sabotaged the station.

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