Pressure aboard the station had been slowly dropping for several days and on Monday morning stood at 95.97 kilopascals (kPa), Russian space officials said.

After the crack was sealed, pressure climbed back up to 97.28 kPa, which is considered normal, they said.

The US press has been reporting this leak in PSI.

The BBC didn't mention the exact pressure loss other then:

"The leak is in a flex hose in the lab window," he said by telephone. "It's 95% at this stage... It is most likely the culprit".

Maybe they didn't want to use kilopascals but wasn't sure of the conversion to FFU, so they didn't print any numbers.

I was wondering if anyone knows what units are used by the crew of the space station. My understanding is that the American contribution is FFU and contributions from the rest of the world are metric. Why this hasn't resulted in some sort of disaster is beyond me.

From the ABC article there is only the mention of the American on board. I'm not sure of the nationality of the other crew member. He could be Russian. With an international crew aboard the likelihood of the units of measure being SI increases then if it strictly an American crew.

Euric

[USMA:28327] leaky space station

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