During Phase One and afterward, the station was showing her age—constant computer crashes, loss of power, uncontrolled tumbles through space and leaking pipes were an ever-present concern for crews.
På tidspunktet for Fase Et og tiden efter viste stationen sin alder — konstante nedbrud af computere, strømtab, ukontrollerede kolbøtter i rummet og rørlækager var en permanent bekymring for mandskaberne.