New incident in the Russian part of the ISS

A new incident in the Russian part of the international space station. Smoke and a smell of burnt plastic were detected early Thursday morning.

“The smoke detector and the emergency alarm were triggered during the automatic battery change.“said Roscosmos. The Russian space agency assured that everything was back to normal and that” a filter was used for “eliminate any possible smoke pollution“.

The Russian part of the ISS, the “Zvezda” module, is causing concern. 80% of flight systems arrive in “end of their service life“recently stressed the Russian company responsible for its maintenance.