Operators of the International Space Station (ISS) were recently alerted to what was described as an “unexpected odor” emanating the Russian Progress cargo spacecraft that docked with the orbital outpost on Saturday. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Progress spacecraft brought with it about 2.5 tons of supplies and other cargo for the seven-person crew aboard the orbital outpost. The spacecraft’s arrival at the station’s Poisk module appeared to go smoothly, but when Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Aleksandr Gorbunov opened the spacecraft’s hatch, they noticed an…
