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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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Russia sets new contingency plan for crew of damaged space capsule
15Jan By adminNo Comments
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Russia sets new contingency plan for crew of damaged space capsule

[ad_1] The Soyuz MS-22 capsule, which serves as a lifeboat for the crew, sprang a coolant leak last month after it was struck by a micrometeoroid - a small particle of space rock - which made a tiny puncture and caused the temperature inside to rise. Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced new contingency plans on Saturday for the three crew of a damaged capsule docked to the International Space Station, saying the U.S. member of the trio would return to Earth in a separate SpaceX vessel if they needed to evacuate in the next few weeks. The Soyuz MS-22 capsule, which serves as a lifeboat for the crew, sprang a coolant leak last month after it was struck by a micrometeoroid - a small particle of space rock - which made a tiny puncture and caused the temperature inside to rise. R...
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Russia mulls early return of space station crew after Soyuz capsule leak
24Dec By adminNo Comments
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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 ...
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Space crew using robotic arm to inspect damaged Soyuz capsule
19Dec By adminNo Comments
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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....
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Tiny meteorite may have caused leak from Soyuz capsule
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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Horror for astronauts! Micrometeorite caused coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft, says official
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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Horror for astronauts! Micrometeorite caused coolant leak on Soyuz spacecraft, says official
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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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...
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3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from International Space Station
29Sep By adminNo Comments
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3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from International Space Station

[ad_1] Three Russian cosmonauts returned safely on Thursday from a mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft carrying Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov touched down softly at 4:57 p.m. (1057 GMT) at a designated site in the steppes of Kazakstan about 150 kilometers (about 90 miles) southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan. The trio arrived at the station in March. For Artemyev, the mission marked a third space flight that has brought his total time spent in orbit to 561 days. Matveyev and Korsakov each logged 195 days on their first missions. As the Soyuz capsule was descending on a big striped red-and-white parachute under clear skies, Artemyev reported to the Mission Control that all members of the crew were feeling fin...
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International Space Station gets 3 new residents after Russian Soyuz capsule launch
22Sep By adminNo Comments
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International Space Station gets 3 new residents after Russian Soyuz capsule launch

[ad_1] The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The International Space Station welcomed three new residents Wednesday following a smooth Russian launch. The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. American Frank Rubio checked in for a six-month stay along with Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin.Rubio, a doctor and former Army parachutist from Miami, rode up on the Soyuz under a new crew swap agreement between the two countries. The agreement was finalized in July despite tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine, a sign of continuing Russia-US cooperation in space. Under this cash-free...
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