Cosmonauts opened the hatch to a Russian spacecraft on Monday for a second time after immediately closing it when they detected an odd smell coming from the vehicle when it docked at the International ...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were met with a bizarre and unwelcome arrival when a Russian spacecraft docked: a foul smell. The "unexpected odor" was detected after the ...

Atherton tried everything she could think of to stop the smell: Drano. Hot water. Essential oils. Nothing was working, so she set about finding the cause of the stench. After arming herself with ...

A Russian spacecraft is finally open to the space station after its cargo delivery was delayed by an unusual smell. A robotic Progress spacecraft docked at the International Space Station as ...

Citing communications between the US mission control in Houston and the ISS crew, it reported a “toxic” smell and “possible contamination hazard in the form of droplets.” It said that the hatch ...

According to the space agency, air scrubbers and contaminant sensors on board the orbiting laboratory monitored the station’s atmosphere following the observation of the aberrant smell.

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