![]() ![]() Space has remained a rare venue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions on Russia. On Tuesday Roscosmos said that particular leak was caused by an "exterior impact," based on photos and videos that showed holes on the capsule's exterior, including on the radiator and solar panels. The launch of the rescue Soyuz capsule was itself postponed earlier this month after another vessel - a Russian supply ship docked at the ISS, the Progress MS-21 - had also leaked coolant, sparking concern. ![]() In 2021, Russia's Pyotr Dubrov and the US's Mark Vande also spent a year on the ISS after their mission was extended, it said. Roscosmos said the extended space stay - normally ISS missions last six months - posed no health risks for the crew, adding that they had taken the news of their mission extending "positively." Russia plans to send a rescue ship, a Soyuz MS-23, on February 24.īefore the leak, the trio had been due to return to Earth on March 28, 2023.īut on Tuesday, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said in a statement that their return "at the moment is scheduled to take place aboard the Soyuz MS-23 in September, 2023." They were scheduled to return home in the same spacecraft, but it began leaking coolant in mid-December after being hit by what US and Russian space officials believe was a tiny space rock. Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio flew to the ISS in September 2022 aboard a Soyuz MS-22 capsule.
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