International Space Station leaks coolant into space.

Space station astronauts were "never in any danger" following a coolant leak Monday (Oct. 9) on a Russian module, NASA officials have said.

Toxic ammonia flakes were observed on the International Space Station's (ISS) Russian Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) around 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT). Personnel in NASA's Mission Control in Houston first spotted the "possible" leak on camera. 

Agency astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli (on board the ISS) confirmed the backup radiator leak after looking at it through the station's wrap-around cupola windows, NASA officials wrote in an update five hours later. 

Source: www.space.com

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