Disclosed the fate of the damaged Russian spacecraft on the ISS

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The damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will return to Earth in unmanned mode. This decision was made by the state commission after the advice of the chief designers of the rocket and space corporation Energia.

The expedition of cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev, Dmitry Petelin and Francisco Rubio is extended for another month. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Sergey Borisov. The launch of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled for February 23. Its flight to the ISS will also take place in an unmanned mode. It was previously assumed that Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, as well as NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, would go to the station.



For three weeks, the cosmonauts have been trying to fix problems with the cooling system of the Soyuz-22MS spacecraft, which was docked to the ISS. The commission of specialists came to the conclusion that it was impossible to eliminate the breakdown in space, and also refuted the assumptions about the manufacturing defect of the Russian ship.

On December 15, there was a depressurization of the external contour of the radiator of the thermal control system of the Soyuz-22MS spacecraft. The version of technical damage to the radiator during manufacture is not confirmed. It is proved that the damage to the radiator pipeline was the result of a meteoroid impact.

Roskosmos says in an official statement.

NASA also agreed with the conclusions of Russian specialists, promising to provide the necessary assistance in returning astronauts to Earth.
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  1. ivan2022
    ivan2022
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    11 January 2023 17: 04
    In short, if another meteoroid hits, then NASA will save them. Like they promised.
  2. usm5
    usm5
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    11 January 2023 22: 15
    It seems to me that this meteoroid is the result of the shelling of our ship by a railgun from a specialized US satellite (for example, X-37). In the presence of a ballistic system, such a railgun can fire micrometeorites at any target at great distances. At the same time, it is extremely difficult to prove the fact of shelling. It would not hurt us to organize such a stream of damaging micrometeorites in relation to their satellite constellation. It seems to me that this is not such a difficult task for the Russian industry.
    1. Sidor Bodrov
      Sidor Bodrov
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      12 January 2023 16: 56
      From American pigs you can expect any dirty tricks. And you have to be ready for it.