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Areas with mountainous terrain and moisture-heavy airflow, such as Central Africa, have the highest rates of lightning strikes. [3] Among pregnant women who are hit by lightning, the death of the fetus occurs in about half. [1] In the United States, about 1 in 10,000 people are hit by lightning during their lifetime. [1]
About 25 million times a year, lightning strikes the United States, according to the National Weather Service. Approximately 300 people per year are hit, and of those about 30 will die — many ...
On 2 January 2004, a minor air leak was detected on board the ISS. [2] At one point, five pounds of air per day were leaking into space and the internal pressure of the ISS dropped from nominal 14.7 psi down to 14.0 psi, although this did not pose an immediate threat to Michael Foale and Aleksandr Kaleri, the two astronauts on board.
The leak area was inspected using Canadarm2 as well as photographs taken after undocking. The incident resulted in a delay of Soyuz MS-23 launch, needed to replace Soyuz MS-22 that had a leak several months prior. [77] October 9: A leak from one of Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module radiators was observed with the ISS cameras and visual ...
The space agency said late Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that two additional helium leaks had been detected on the vehicle. One helium leak had been discovered prior to ...
Lightning storms aren’t just a problem at Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX has to deal with the threat at its Starship base in Texas as well. Twitter user @LabPadre posted video from a serious light ...
Image of lightning strike. On August 25, 2006, a direct lightning strike, the most powerful recorded at Kennedy Space Center, hit the lightning rod atop the launch pad. [14] As a result, on August 26 the Mission Management Team ordered the mission postponed for at least 24 hours to assess damage. [15]
Airplanes act as a lightning rod and often initiate the lightning strike. The bolt will hit one point of the plane, like the nose and travel throughout until it finds the exit, like the wing tip ...