The Soyuz coolant leak lasted more than 3 hours as Russian engineers investigate the problem.
with Prokopyev, Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. In addition to being the three crewmates planned ride home in March, the vehicle also serves as a"lifeboat" should an emergency aboard the space station require an evacuation of the crew.
The status of the Soyuz to safely carry astronauts back to Earth is unknown. Roscosmos could launch an uncrewed Soyuz and autonomously dock it with the space station if needed. An short video clip of a Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft leaking coolant at the International Space Station on Dec. 14, 2022. This was the the second time that Prokopyev and Petelin had to cancel their EVA, which was planned to relocate a radiator from one Russian module to another. On Nov. 24, the two were getting ready to exit the space stationThe International Space Station is currently home to seven crewmembers. The crew includes three Russian cosmonauts, three U.S. astronauts with NASA and one Japanese astronaut.
that flew the other four crewmembers — NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikuna — to the space station in October.Follow us on Twitter
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