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NASA reports bad smell on space station, no smoke
By Reuters
Sep 18, 2006, 10:33

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA reported a bad smell on the International Space Station on Monday but said there was no smoke on the outpost.

"The situation is stable. The crew was asked to put on
A view from NASA TV, the International Space Station, shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis performing a fly-around maneuver of the orbiting laboratory after undocking September 17, 2006. (NASA TV/Reuters)
some protective gear," Kelly Humphries, a NASA spokesman in Houston, told CNN.

"There was no smoke. There were initial reports it was smoke but it turns out it was vapor," he said.

He said there was an odor that was not normal and that's when the smoke alarm went off.




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