Mir airlock hatch continues to leak
RUSSIAN CONTROLLERS reported pressure in the Kvant-2 airlock on the Mir orbital station lost air pressure over the weekend, suggesting that a temporary fix to a persistent hatch leak wasn't working. Cosmonauts used 10 backup latches to seal the hatch after discovering one of 10 primary latches was...
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