last wed Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petlin They were preparing to go into space, which was canceled after damage to Refrigerant was discovered The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, docked at the International Space Station (ISS).
According to Roscosmos, days after the damage was discovered, the temperature in the Russian working compartment rose to 30 degrees, while in the equipment and fuel compartment it reached 40 degrees.
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As the days went by and the various Soyuz systems separated, the temperature in its three sections, including the descent module, stabilized at about 30 degrees.
Roscosmos confirmed that at present there is “no need” to evacuate astronauts from the ISS, after examining the ship’s cabin.
“At this time, there is no need for an emergency evacuation,” the agency said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel, specifying that the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is “in a protected state and that cosmonauts visit it regularly at the appropriate time.” .
However, the space agency announced that a committee would decide whether Soyuz MS-22 could be used to return Russian cosmonauts to Earth. Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petlin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, a return scheduled for March next year.
“At the end of December, I think on the 27th, specialists – two working groups – will decide how to get out of this situation,” Yuri Borisov, General Director of Roskosmos, said in an interview with Izvestia.
A display of solidarity in space
Mission controllers continue to assess the external leak on the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship after determining the source of the leak and conducting a successful thrust test. https://t.co/8UYi4TZPao
– International Space Station (Space_Station) December 16, 2022
“My compliments to the entire American team, they behaved with dignity in this situation and reached out to help us. But I hope we will solve this by our own means,” he said during a conversation with the three.
Astronauts on board: Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petline, and Anna Kikina.
And he continued, according to the transcript of the conversation published by Roscosmos: “I hope that this small incident with the temperature control system (of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft) will not affect his morale and fine.”
“I gave an example to the whole world about how to work under more stringent and difficult conditions. I hope many politicians will learn a lesson,” Borisov stressed.
The source of the leak was determined to be coming from the Soyuz cooling system and the fluid was pre-coolant.
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With information from EFE and AFP
