On the ISS there was an ammonia leak, the compartment personnel was successfully evacuated

The staff of the International Space Station, which was located in the US compartment, was urgently evacuated after the leakage of ammonia. A leak of poisonous gas was discovered today, on Wednesday, as reported by the space agencies of Russia and the United States.

All personnel from the American compartment were successfully transferred to the Russian section of the space station after the discovery of a leak of a “dangerous substance,” the Russian Federal Space Agency said on its website. After the evacuation, the American compartment was closed and sealed, the website says.

NASA confirmed that there was an ammonia leak on the ISS. The agency also assured that the space station workers are safe, and experts are already developing a plan to eliminate the leak.

“The team was safe thanks to the decisive actions of the cosmonauts and astronauts, as well as specialists in Moscow and Houston,” said the head of the Russian mission, Maxim Matyushin, writes AmericaRu.com