China news network September 22, according to the Russian satellite network reported that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) live broadcast of the International Space Station astronauts and ground flight control center experts dialogue content shows that when the cabin air conditioning system is running, the Russian "star" service module smell.

According to reports, the astronauts smell odor next to the air conditioning system of the "star" service module. "I think it's getting weaker," cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said in response to a question about the strength of the odor from experts at the Moscow region's ground flight control center.

Experts pointed out that the two air conditioning systems had been turned off at the time, and asked the astronauts to wipe the areas where the smell might have occurred with a cloth so that professionals could analyze it later and turn on the air purification system if necessary.

Russian cosmonauts reported on the night of September 8 that an alarm went off in the service module of the "Star" and there was a smell of smoke and burning plastic or electronic components, but no source was found. They then turned on the air purification system. Roscosmos representatives then confirmed that smoke sensors were activated and an accident alarm alerted while the battery was being automatically charged.

The 65th crew currently working on the International Space Station includes Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov, as well as American astronauts Mark Vander Hei, Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japanese astronaut Akhiko Hoshi (commander of the International Space Station) and French astronaut Pierre Pesquet.

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