ISS skin peeling under impact of cosmic radiation - Russian scientists

The skin of the International Space Station (ISS) Russian segment is decaying because of the use of materials that cannot withstand cosmic radiation, Russian scientists said. "We made a project for the Khrunichev Space Center late last year and the results were astonishing - the ISS coating, its skin, is decaying under the impact of radiation. More

(Source: The Voice of Russia - Jan 31)