Russia delays launch of rescue spacecraft after second coolant leak issue

Russia delays launch of rescue spacecraft after second coolant leak issue

Officials at Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, have opted to delay the launch of a spacecraft meant to replace one deemed not safe enough to transport astronauts after a second vehicle — a cargo ship — sprang a leak on Saturday, according to NASA.

Once cleared, the replacement spacecraft, Soyuz MS-23, will transport three astronauts currently stationed at the International Space Station back to Earth. The vehicle originally assigned to the mission, Soyuz MS-22, was found in December to be leaking coolant.

Roscosmos was aiming to launch the MS-23 replacement capsule this month and return cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dimitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio home.

The rescue vehicle will now launch in March, according to a post from the official Roscosmos Telegram account.

The decision to delay was made after NASA confirmed that a separate Russian vehicle, a Progress spacecraft designed to carry cargo that had docked with the space station on February 11, had a similar coolant leak.

READ MORE: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/world/russia-soyuz-launch-delay-coolant-leak-scn/index.html

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