ISS Status Report #04-3, 2 p.m. CST, Monday, Jan. 12,
2004
With the help of Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale and
Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, flight controllers traced the
apparent cause of a tiny pressure decay on the International Space
Station Sunday to a braided flex hose that is part of the window
system in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory.
After extensive pressure checks on Saturday and Sunday in the
Russian Progress resupply ship, the Pirs Docking Compartment, the
Soyuz return vehicle and the U.S. Quest Airlock revealed no leaks,
the crew used an ultrasound leak detector device for a second time
at the Lab window, and detected an audible hissing noise emanating
from the flex hose. That hose is hooked up to quick disconnect
devices as part of a system