MOSCOW, May 19 -. RIA Novosti No breakage urine recycling system (UPA) in the US segment of the ISS was not, the astronauts carried out a planned upgrade of this unit, told RIA Novosti the coordinator of the NASA Public Affairs at Russian Mission Control Center Alexander Koptev.
“Several media hastened to declare the failure of the UPA system. So, I assure you, nothing abnormal we do not really happen. Astronauts for six hours performed service for the purpose of upgrading, and it was a scheduled event The works were successfully completed, everything works fine, “-. said the agency
Earlier, the head of the flight of the Russian segment of ISS, Vladimir Solovyov, answering the questions of RIA Novosti said. that distilled water obtained by processing in the US segment of the ISS from urine and solid waste astronauts of life, the plant does not drink, preferring it to clean silvered spring water is delivered to the orbit by Russian truck “Progress” in 22-liter barrels.
at the same time, he noted that “American distilled water, being essentially technical, needed mainly for catalysts and for supplemental oxygen in the Russian system” Electron. ” Solovyov also pointed out that in the Russian segment of the ISS has its own power necessary for processing urine.
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