NASA probes the reason behind the space station's hole and plans an exit into space

New Delhi : NASA, the world's most prestigious space research organization, plans to make an exit to the International Space Station (ISS). There is talk of sabotaging speculation that the sabotage would have caused a tiny hole on the side of a Russian module moored to the space station. The problem was discovered last month but the reason for the mystery remains to be explored.

Dimitri Rogozine, managing director of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, had made a public comment stating that the manufacturing defect was the cause of the hole.

In contrast, NASA added: "This finding does not necessarily mean that the hole was created intentionally or with malicious intent," as some media have suggested to Rogozin 's remark.

Instead of giving weight to the wrong game, excluding a manufacturing defect as the cause of the hole "indicates that it is an isolated problem that does not exist. Does not categorically affect future production, "NASA said.

Roscosmos and NASA opened their own investigations on the 2-millimeter-wide hole detected late August on the outer wall of a Russian Soyuz capsule moored to the space station after ground operators reported slight troughs in the pressure levels.

As a temporary solution, the tiny hole has since been taped and sealed, ending the leak of oxygen, and the crew leaders, consisting of three US astronauts, two Russian cosmonauts and a German, have never been in danger.

Rogozin had previously raised the possibility of a deliberate act in remarks reported by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, who quoted him earlier this month, saying that it had emerged that a drill had been used by an "unstable hand", leaving the scraped metal around the hole.

NASA spokeswoman Megan Powers said the new media have reported the possibility of an intentional deterioration of the Soyuz module resulting from a "raw translation" by some TV channels. Western news of Rogozin's latest comments.

"Nobody says, and NASA certainly does not say it was deliberate," she said.

She also said that the space agency was convinced that the reason behind the hole would be explained. "We will find the reason and we will reveal the reason no matter what it is."

NASA has announced that an outing in space would be scheduled in November to gather more information.