Even the smallest piece of space debris can cause fatal damage to the International Space Station (ISS).
In August 2018, the crew discovered a two-millimeter hole in one of the docked modules, which caused a slight drop in pressure there.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield also tweeted that the hole was actually patched with tape and epoxy.
When your spaceship suddenly starts leaking air, you fix the hole with duct tape & a gob of epoxy. Nice save, @Space_Station crew! https://t.co/1Va8idShJw pic.twitter.com/pxSJY6eNhc
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) August 30, 2018
However, the picture that Hadfield attached to the tweet raised questions, because some people do not believe in the authenticity of the picture, but rather it comes from the cover of a Christian rock band:
Album cover, why would Nasa provide a picture to an astronaut for twitter which wasn't genuine? pic.twitter.com/poXll2IDMn
— Grow_Your_Wealth (@FiVibe) September 2, 2018
Isn't this an album cover?? WTF?? ??? pic.twitter.com/yRPlR5U2rJ
— Chris (@LittleChrisyS) September 2, 2018
Wow it looks a lot like this from 2014 album cover. #fake pic.twitter.com/iDCrtqOfuL
— DeVon M. Artis (@dadydays_1) September 2, 2018
In fact, the image was used on the cover of the band Remedy Drive's album Commodity, which was released in 2014.
The ISS corrected
In a tweet, the ISS corrected the astronaut's statement and also clarified where the image actually came from:
Thanks @Cmdr_Hadfield ! But to avoid confusion: The crew used Kapton tape, not duct tape, to temporarily stop the minor leak on a Soyuz while developing a permanent solution. And this photo shows a small hole in the Solar Max Satellite, not the hole observed Thursday on station. https://t.co/gMsokzsxgR
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) August 31, 2018
So the crew used heat-resistant Kapton tape, not “normal” tape.
In addition, the image does not show the hole in the ISS, but a hole in the panel of the Solar Max satellite . The satellite was in use from 1980 - 1989, the photo can also be found on the official NASA website and on Wikimedia .
Summary
In fact, the ISS had a tiny hole in August 2018, which was initially temporarily patched. However, the picture shows a hole in the panel of a satellite that was used in the 80s. That image was also used by a rock band for the cover of an album.
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