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ThecrewoftheInternationalSpaceStationhavebeenforcedtoreducepowerafterhalfthecoolingsystemsuddenlyshutdownovertheweekend.

NasaofficialsinsistedthethreeAmericansandthreeRussiansaboardwerenotindanger.

Urgentspacewalkrepairsarebeingdiscussedforthisweek.

Withoutthermalcontrols，temperaturesontheISS‘sSun-facingsidecansoarto121C(250F)，plungingtominus157C(-250F)onthedarkside，Nasasays.

“Theremightbeafortablespotsomewhereinthemiddleofthestation，butsearchingforitwouldn’tbemuchfun，”astatementonitswebsiteadds.

Thestationisnowoperatingonasinglestring，theAssociatedPressreports，andhasnosafeguardincaseoffurthercoolingsystemfailures.

Alarmssound

TroublearoseonSaturdaynightwhenoneofthetwoammonia-fedcoolingloopsshutdown，triggeringalarmsthroughouttheISS.

Thetwoammonialinesensurethatallthestation‘selectronicequipmentdoesnotoverheat.

AstronautTracyCaldwellDysonsetinmotionequipmentshutdownproceduresand，withcrewmateDouglasWheelock，installedajumpercabletokeepalltheroomscool.

TheGlobalPositioningSystemcircuit，severalpowerconvertersandasetofdevicesthatroutemandstovariouspiecesofequipmentwereswitchedoff.

Twoofthefourgyroscopes-partofthespacestation’spointingandnavigatingsystem-wereinitiallyshutdownbutthecrewinstalledajumpercabletobringupathirdgyroscope，leavingthestationinamuchmorestableposition，APsays.

FlightcontrollerstriedtorestartthedisabledammoniapumpearlyonSundaybutthecircuitbreakertrippedagain.

Anyrepairslaterthisweekalmostcertainlywillinvolvereplacingthefaultyammoniapump，adifficultjobthatwouldrequiretwospacewalks，APadds.

“It‘sprettyclearthatwe’regoingtowanttohaveacourseofactiontotakeasquicklyaspossible，”NasaspokesmanRobNaviassaidattheJohnsonSpaceCenterinHouston，Texas.

“Thisisnotsomethingwewanttolingerover.”

Twosparepumpsarestoredontheoutsideofthestation.TwooftheAmericansonboardarealreadyscheduledtoconductaspacewalkonThursdayforroutinemaintenance.

NospaceshuttlevisitstotheISSareplannedbeforeNovember.

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