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Official: Russia to send empty Soyuz spacecraft to rescue three cosmonauts in space

Russia will send a Soyuz MS-23 rocket to the ISS without passengers, but with cargo. | Font: AFP or licensors | Photographer: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

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Russia will send the ship on February 20 Union to international space station (ISS) to deliver to Earth three astronauts, two Russian and one American, after the capsule that was supposed to transport them was damaged.

Capsule Soyuz MS-22currently attached to ISS, recorded a spectacular coolant leak in mid-December. The images clearly show a jet of particles coming out of the rear of the car.

Russian space agency (Roscosmos) considered that the state of the apparatus was too uncertain to deliver the Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and the American Frank Rubio, and for this reason decided to send another ship, Soyuz MS-23.

Emergency solution

The capsule “will be launched on February 20, 2023 without passengers” but with material, reportedly Roscosmos this is a statement. The takeoff of this ship was originally scheduled for March 16 to carry three more passengers to ISS.

A return date for the two Russian and American crew members, originally scheduled for March 28, has not been announced, but their mission has been “extended,” he said. Roscosmos.

According to the same source, the damaged capsule will return to Earth without passengers.

But the Russian agency does not exclude the possibility of using the ship to transport passengers in the event of a “particularly critical situation” on board. ISS.

Currently in ISS. Not to mention MS-22 Damaged, leaving only one rescue vehicle capable of carrying four people in case of evacuation.

What caused the leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft?

An initial assessment of the cause of the coolant leak in mid-December indicated possible ruptures caused by small natural meteorites, man-made debris in orbit, or material damage.

Roscosmos on Wednesday ruled out any mechanical problem and confirmed that it was due to a small meteorite impact. According to the Russian agency, this impact created a hole “less than a millimeter in diameter” in the refrigeration pipe.

ISS is one of the few sectors in which Russia The United States and the United States are still cooperating since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24 and the Western sanctions that followed. (AFP)

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