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[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...

[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...

[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...