A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station on a mission to bring three crewmembers back to earth.
The unmanned Soyuz blasted off on Friday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. About 48 hours later, it docked at the ISS.
It is replacing the original return vehicle that was found to have a coolant leak from a capsule last December. The discovery forced US space agency NASA and Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos to postpone their plan to send the crew back to earth on the vehicle.
Two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut are expected to return to earth on the replacement Soyuz by the end of the year.
The vehicle with the leakage will be separated from the ISS in March to come back to earth without any crew.
NASA says that the leakage did not pose any risks to the seven astronauts at the ISS. Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi is among them.
The unmanned Soyuz blasted off on Friday from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. About 48 hours later, it docked at the ISS.
It is replacing the original return vehicle that was found to have a coolant leak from a capsule last December. The discovery forced US space agency NASA and Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos to postpone their plan to send the crew back to earth on the vehicle.
Two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut are expected to return to earth on the replacement Soyuz by the end of the year.
The vehicle with the leakage will be separated from the ISS in March to come back to earth without any crew.
NASA says that the leakage did not pose any risks to the seven astronauts at the ISS. Japanese astronaut Wakata Koichi is among them.
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Russian Soyuz spacecraft arrives at ISS for crew return, replacing leaky original due to coolant leak discovered in December. The replacement Soyuz docked after a 48-hour journey from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Two Russians and one US astronaut are expected to return to Earth by year-end. The damaged
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Date: Feb. 26, 2023
Created: 2023/02/27 07:24
Updated: 2025/12/09 06:59
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