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Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth: space agency
29Mar By adminNo Comments
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Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth: space agency

[ad_1] Russia's unmanned Soyuz MS-22 capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS), landing in Kazakhstan three months after suffering a coolant leak.The vessel landed at 5:46 pm local time (1146 GMT) in the vast Central Asian country, a Roscosmos live transmission showed. The Russian space agency said the capsule carried "around 218 kilograms of cargo", including results of scientific experiments. It landed near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan.The capsule flew Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the ISS in September last year and was due to bring them home.But it began leaking coolant in mid-December -- shortly before Russian cosmonauts were to begin a spacewalk -- after being hit by what US and Russia...
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Roscosmos: Russian spacecraft leak caused by external impact
22Feb By adminNo Comments
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Roscosmos: Russian spacecraft leak caused by external impact

[ad_1] A coolant leak from an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station resulted from an external impact and not a manufacturing flaw, Russia's space corporation said Tuesday. The leak from the Progress MS-21 cargo ship was spotted on Feb. 11 and followed a similar leak from a Soyuz crew capsule in December. Russian space officials said that December's leak was caused by a tiny meteoroid that left a small hole in the exterior radiator and sent coolant spewing into space. But the new leak from another ship raised doubts about that theory, and Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos launched a probe into the incident to check whether it could have resulted from a manufacturing defect. NASA said its specialists were assisting their Russian counterpar...
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Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed
16Feb By adminNo Comments
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Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed

[ad_1] Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station, the second such leak at a docked Russian craft in two months, the head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos said Monday. The Soyuz capsule was to be launched in automatic mode on Feb. 20 and dock with the orbiting outpost two days later, to serve as a lifeboat for crew evacuation in case of an emergency. Roscosmos director Yuri Borisov said the launch will be delayed, at most until early March. A Soyuz capsule that can accommodate an astronaut capsule and was already docked to the station developed a coolant leak in December. Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Fr...
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Russia to Bring Soyuz Spacecraft Back to Earth Following Coolant Leak
12Jan By adminNo Comments
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Russia to Bring Soyuz Spacecraft Back to Earth Following Coolant Leak

[ad_1] Russia plans to bring its Soyuz spacecraft back to Earth without its original crew after the vehicle sprang a coolant leak while docked with the International Space Station. Russia plans to bring its Soyuz spacecraft back to Earth without its original crew after the vehicle sprang a coolant leak while docked with the International Space Station. Roscosmos, the state space corporation, also plans to expedite the launch of its next Soyuz to the ISS without a crew to serve as a replacement vehicle to get the astronauts home, according to a Telegram post Wednesday. That launch is now planned for Feb. 20. The three astronauts — two Russians and one American — who flew to space on the original Soyuz will have to stay on the station longer than originally planned. On Dec. 14, Rus...
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NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship
29Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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Russia may expedite launch of next space capsule after leak
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Russia may expedite launch of next space capsule after leak

[ad_1] Roscosmos said a panel of experts would determine later this month whether the Soyuz MS-22 capsule could be safely used by the crew for its planned return to Earth or if it should be discarded and replaced. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos said Monday that a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station doesn't require evacuation of its crew, but the agency kept open the possibility of launching a replacement capsule, if needed.Roscosmos said a panel of experts would determine later this month whether the Soyuz MS-22 capsule could be safely used by the crew for its planned return to Earth or if it should be discarded and replaced. It said the next scheduled launch of a Soyuz was in March but could be expedited, if necessary. The leak ...
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Russian space chief praises US after ISS coolant leak
21Dec By adminNo Comments
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Russian space chief praises US after ISS coolant leak

[ad_1] Roscosmos and US space agency NASA said the leak from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft did not pose any danger to those on board the ISS. The head of Russian space agency Roscosmos on Tuesday praised Russia-US cooperation at the International Space Station following a major coolant leak from a Soyuz crew capsule."Say hello to the entire American team. They proved themselves to be very worthy in this situation and lent us a helping hand," Borisov said, speaking to the Russian crew on board the ISS. "But I hope we will manage on our own" in the future. "You set an example for the whole world on how to work together in the most challenging and difficult situation. Let many politicians learn from you," he added, according to a transcript released by Roscosmos. Space has remained a rare a...
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