The European robotic arm managed by cosmonaut Anna Kikina surveys the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship after the detection of a leakage that canceled Wednesdays spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV
Throughout preparations for the other days planned spacewalk by Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, ground groups noticed significant dripping of an unknown substance from the aft portion of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module on the International Space Station (ISS). The spacewalk was canceled, and ground teams in Moscow started examining the nature of the fluid and its potential influence on the stability of the Soyuz spacecraft.
International Space Station Configuration on December 3, 2022. 6 spaceships are parked at the space station consisting of the Cygnus area truck, the SpaceX Dragon freight craft and Crew Dragon Endurance, and Russias Soyuz MS-22 crew ship and the Progress 81 and 82 resupply ships. Credit: NASA
The leakage has actually given that been figured out to be coolant, and ground groups at Mission Control in Moscow continue to evaluate the leakage from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft.
Following the continuous analysis, NASA and Roscosmos will continue to interact to determine the next strategy. The team members aboard the spaceport station are safe and were not in any danger throughout the leakage.
By NASA
December 15, 2022
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