Russia has delayed its ISS rescue mission after NASA discovered a coolant leak on a second Roscosmos spacecraft attached to the ISS.
Russia’s rescue mission to the ISS has been delayed. The Soyuz MS-23 was originally slated to launch in February, but Russia has officially announced a delay to March following the discovery of yet another coolant leak on a second Russian spacecraft attached to the International Space Station.
According to NASA, the Russian Progress 82 cargo spacecraft is the source of the second coolant leak. Progress 82 arrived at the ISS in October and is slated to undock on February 17. Progress 82 is intended to be filled with trash and will deorbit over the Pacific Ocean. But now, the discovery of this leak is putting Russia’s ISS rescue mission on hold.
that the source of the loss of coolant on Progress 82 is yet to be determined. However, in the meantime, it and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, have halted all plans for a Russian rescue mission to the ISS.
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