Toilet to the ISS repaired three days ago

The main bathroom in the Russian sector of the ISS Zvezda "really went down, but it happened on Thursday, October 9, and the next day it had already repaired. This RIA Novosti reported on Monday a representative RSC Energia.



Head sector of water supply and power crews manned craft RSC Energia Peter Andreychuk stressed that "at this time, nothing special did not happen." According to him, went down the same unit, which broke down in May 2008. Centrifugal pump-separator separating dirt on the gas and liquid again potek.



Fixing the toilet took flight engineer Oleg Kononenko, who all akkuratnenko away and put a new unit, told Andreychuk. Repair bathrooms calm and accompanied by jokes, added the representative of RSC Energia. Broken-down pump, as it turned out, had long been formulated their service life.



Refusal bathroom was not the only issue at the ISS on Friday - at the failed computer system. Since this problem has also been able to cope, stressed Andreychuk.


Recall, on Monday Fox News television channel, referring to the representative of NASA John Petty (John Petty) reported that on Sunday at the ISS was broken toilet, and the crew had received instructions to use a bathroom limited spare capacity, based on the spacecraft Soyuz TMA-12.


On Tuesday, to the ISS pristykuetsya manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13 "with the 18 th expedition aboard. And in November shuttle "Endeavor" (Endeavour) will take on the space station toilet new construction, which will be installed in the American sector of the ISS. His NASA commissioned in Russia for 19 million dollars.