With a real video, Russian astronauts put out the rumors to cover their holes on ISS

Sergei Prokopeva also insists that there is no sabotage. Everything went smoothly.

On Monday, the Russian astronaut on the ISS International Space Station posted a video confirming that the hole in the station was closed. Sergei Prokopeva showed the ground audience that a 2-millimeter-wide hole was blocked by a black patch, under a lining .

Astronaut pointing hole holes on the International Space Station.

Purpose of this video? Extinguish all recent rumors online, that the crew had to cover their holes with their fingers before using duct tape, medical gauze and garbage bags. Pointing at the patched patch, Prokopeva said, "No one can cover the hole by hand like a newspaper is still busy today".

In the short video below, the hole was blocked at 1 minute 06.

Russian astronaut Sergei Prokopeva showed everyone that the hole was blocked.

The hole appeared on August 29 in the Soyuz compartment, located in the Russian area on the ISS station. The next day, Russian authorities hypothesized that a small meteorite had crashed into the station and caused a 2-millimeter hole. A few days after the announcement, the head of the Russian space agency Dmitry Rogozin was suspicious of being able to sabotage, saying there were traces of the drill outside the station."We do not rule out any possibility , " said Rogozin.

The video posted by Sergei Prokopeva also dismissed the doubts of anxious individuals on the ground: "As you can see, everything on the station is very peaceful. We are living in peaceful peace, as always. ! ".