Russian space capsule experiences major leak at International Space Station | 24CA News
A coolant leak from a Russian house capsule hooked up to the International Space Station was probably attributable to a micrometeorite strike, a Russian house official mentioned Thursday.
Russia’s house company Roscosmos and NASA have each mentioned that the incident hasn’t posed any hazard to the station’s crew.
Sergei Krikalev, a veteran cosmonaut who serves because the director of crewed house flight applications at Roscosmos, mentioned the coolant leak from the Soyuz MS-22 capsule may have been attributable to a meteorite placing one among its radiators.
Krikalev mentioned in an announcement that the malfunction may have an effect on the capsule’s coolant system efficiency and the temperature within the gear part of the capsule, however does not endanger the crew.
The coolant leak prompted a pair of Russian cosmonauts to abort a deliberate spacewalk earlier within the day.
Krikalev mentioned Russian flight controllers had been persevering with to evaluate the state of affairs and following temperature indicators on the Soyuz, however emphasised that “there have been no other changes in parameters on the Soyuz spacecraft and the station, so there is no threat for the crew.”
Krikalev added, nonetheless, that the station’s future operations will rely on the evaluation of the capsule’s situation. “Decisions about the future flight program will be made on the basis of that analysis,” he mentioned.
“NASA and Roscosmos will continue to work together to determine the next course of action following the ongoing analysis,” NASA mentioned. “The crew members aboard the space station are safe, and were not in any danger during the leak.”
Just as Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin had been about to enterprise exterior the station on a deliberate spacewalk earlier Thursday, floor specialists noticed a stream of fluid and particles on a dwell video feed from house, together with a strain drop on devices, emanating from the Soyuz capsule.
Prokopyev, Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio used the capsule to reach on the International Space Station in September, and it serves as a lifeboat for the crew.
Four different crew members are additionally at present on the house outpost — NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Koichi Wakata and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos.
