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NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship

29Dec

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NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship

[ad_1] NASA is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab. NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, are investigating the cause of a punctured coolant line on an external radiator of Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is supposed to return its crew of two cosmonauts and one U.S. astronaut to Earth early next year. But the Dec. 14 leak, which emptied the Soyuz of a vital fluid used to regulate crew cabin temperatures, has derailed Russia's space station routines, with engineers in Moscow examining whether to launch another Soyuz to retrieve the three-man team that flew to ISS aboard the cri...

Russia mulls early return of space station crew after Soyuz capsule leak

24Dec

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Russia mulls early return of space station crew after Soyuz capsule leak

[ad_1] Russia's space agency said it is considering a "rescue" plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three crew members ahead of schedule, after their Soyuz capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbiting outpost. Roscosmos and NASA officials said at a news conference on Thursday they continue to investigate how the coolant line of the capsule's external radiator sustained a tiny puncture last week, just as two cosmonauts were preparing for a routine spacewalk. No final decision has been made about the precise means of flying the capsule's three crew members back to Earth - whether by launching another Soyuz to retrieve them or by the seemingly less likely option of sending them home in the leaky capsule without most of ...

Space crew using robotic arm to inspect damaged Soyuz capsule

19Dec

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Space crew using robotic arm to inspect damaged Soyuz capsule

[ad_1] Russia's space corporation, Roscosmos, said the crew was using a camera on a Canadian-built robotic arm to capture images of the Soyuz MS-22. The crew of the International Space Station on Sunday was inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite, while ground controllers considered whether to send up a replacement spaceship to ferry some of them home. Russia's space corporation, Roscosmos, said the crew was using a camera on a Canadian-built robotic arm to capture images of the Soyuz MS-22 where a coolant leak was detected last Wednesday night, U.S. time. After the images are transmitted to the ground on Monday, space officials will analyze them — along with other data about the problem — by month's end and decide on next steps....

Space crew using robotic arm to inspect damaged capsule

19Dec

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Space crew using robotic arm to inspect damaged capsule

[ad_1] The crew of the International Space Station on Sunday was inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite. The crew of the International Space Station on Sunday was inspecting an attached Russian space capsule that may have been damaged by a micrometeorite, while ground controllers considered whether to send up a replacement spaceship to ferry some of them home. Russia's space corporation, Roscosmos, said the crew was using a camera on a Canadian-built robotic arm to capture images of the Soyuz MS-22 where a coolant leak was detected last Wednesday night, U.S. time. After the images are transmitted to the ground on Monday, space officials will analyze them — along with other data about the problem — by month's end and decide on nex...

Tiny meteorite may have caused leak from Soyuz capsule

16Dec

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Tiny meteorite may have caused leak from Soyuz capsule

[ad_1] Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike. Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) that may have been caused by a micrometeorite strike. Dramatic NASA TV images showed white particles resembling snowflakes streaming out of the rear of the vessel for hours. The coolant leak forced the last-minute cancellation of a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on Wednesday and could potentially impact a return flight to Earth by three crew members. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos and the US space agency said the leak on t...

Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official

16Dec

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Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official

[ad_1] A coolant leak aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike. A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused by a tiny meteoroid strike, a senior Russian space official said Thursday. NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said no astronauts were endangered by the leak, which forced mission control officers in Moscow to call off a planned spacewalk by two cosmonauts as fluid sprayed outward into space, as seen on live video during a NASA webcast. "The cause of the leak in Soyuz MS-22 could be a micrometeoroid hitting the ship's radiator," Sergei Krikalev, head of human s...

Horror for astronauts! Micrometeorite caused coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft, says official

16Dec

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Horror for astronauts! Micrometeorite caused coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft, says official

[ad_1] According to a Russian space official, the coolant leak on the Soyuz spacecraft, attached to the International Space Station might have been caused by a micrometeorite. On Wednesday, December 14, NASA reported a “fairly significant” coolant leak on the Soyuz spacecraft which is attached to the International Space Station (ISS). The leak also caused immediate abandonment of the spacewalk scheduled for two Russian astronauts. The sudden coolant leakage was a highly unusual occurrence that perplexed many astronomers. But now, a Russian space official has said that micrometeorites could have been behind the coolant leak. That would mean that a small meteorite had struck the spacecraft to cause the leakage. While rare, this would not be an unheard of event. Earlier this year, NASA r...

16Dec

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Horror for astronauts! Micrometeorite caused coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft, says official

[ad_1] According to a Russian space official, the coolant leak on the Soyuz spacecraft, attached to the International Space Station might have been caused by a micrometeorite. On Wednesday, December 14, NASA reported a “fairly significant” coolant leak on the Soyuz spacecraft which is attached to the International Space Station (ISS). The leak also caused immediate abandonment of the spacewalk scheduled for two Russian astronauts. The sudden coolant leakage was a highly unusual occurrence that perplexed many astronomers. But now, a Russian space official has said that micrometeorites could have been behind the coolant leak. That would mean that a small meteorite had struck the spacecraft to cause the leakage. While rare, this would not be an unheard of event. Earlier this year, NASA r...

Russian ISS spacewalk cancelled due to coolant leak: NASA

15Dec

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Russian ISS spacewalk cancelled due to coolant leak: NASA

[ad_1] A spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off after the detection of a coolant leak, NASA said on Thursday. A spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off after the detection of a coolant leak, NASA said on Thursday. The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, said that a walk in space by Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin had been cancelled after one of the warning indicators went off in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS. The mission had been planned for Wednesday. NASA said that a coolant leak had been discovered "from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft", towards the back of the vessel. "NASA and Roscosmos will continue to work together to determine the next course of acti...

Russia successfully launches navigation satellite – Interfax

11Oct

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Russia successfully launches navigation satellite – Interfax

[ad_1] Russia launched its Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the GLONASS-K navigation system on Monday from a northern cosmodrome. Russia launched its Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the GLONASS-K navigation system on Monday from a northern cosmodrome, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the defence ministry. "Combat crews of the Space Forces .... successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with space navigation GLONASS-K system," the agency cited the ministry as saying. The GLONASS-K satellite lifted off on the Soyuz rocket at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km (500 miles) north of Moscow. GLONASS-K is a navigation satellite intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Russia has spent billions of dollars in the past two de...