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  • Toxic liquids spill in space station

    09/18/2006 10:27:32 AM PDT · by raygun · 17 replies · 666+ views
    Yahoo News (via Reuters) ^ | 18 Sep 06 1200 | Irene Klotz
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A spill of toxic liquids aboard International Space Station on Monday set off a short-lived emergency and fears of a fire aboard the outpost. The station crew was cleaning up from one group of visitors and preparing for their next guests when they smelled toxic fumes, flight engineer Jeff Williams and commander Pavel Vinogradov reported to ground control teams in Houston and Moscow. "The situation is stable right now. There's an obvious smell. There was never any smoke. It was perhaps wrongly assumed to be a fire initially," Williams said. The leak occurred near a...