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January 14, 2015

Astronauts take shelter after alarm at space station
Miami (AFP) Jan 14, 2015
Astronauts at the International Space Station rushed to take shelter early Wednesday after an alarm rang indicating a possible ammonia leak, but that may have been a false alarm, the US space agency said. The six-member crew donned emergency masks and hurried to the Russian side of the orbiting lab after the alert at around 4 am (0900 GMT), closing the hatch to the US side behind them. While the Russian space agency told news outlets in Moscow that the cause was a toxic ammonia leak, NASA said a ... read more

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