Tiny device sniffs leaks on Space Station

A new device aboard the International Space Station Alpha could save the lives of Station crews by allowing astronauts on space walks to detect leaks from outside the orbiting complex. The device, called a quadrupole mass spectrometer array, can detect leaks of oxygen, nitrogen, water, ammonia or...

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