NASACrew of the Expedition 38 are seen. On the front row are Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata (left), flight engineer; and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, commander. Pictured from the left (back row) are Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, all flight engineers.
The International Space Station's cooling system has failed according to an alarming report.
The astronauts aboard the ISS are said to be conserving power while hoping that software will be able to fix the problem, NBC reports.
If the problem is not fixed spacewalk may be a possiblility.
The six member team including astronauts from Japan, Russia, and the U.S. has been described as safe.
Just minutes before the failure's report the ISS reported the crew on their Facebook page as busy preparing their 'orbital home for some future upgrades as well as training for the upcoming robotic capture of a commercial cargo craft.'
They made no immediate mention of the failure while calls to NASA were not immediately returned.
The ISS's unnerving discovery first reported around 6 p.m. EST could strike a chord in comparison to space thriller Gravity, staring Sandra Bullock.
In the October Sci-Fi thriller a medical engineer and astronaut must work together after their shuttle is destroyed leaving them stranded in space.
ngolgowski@nydailynews.com
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