As a part of the work, Roscosmos engineers identified the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is not feasible for a normal crew return, but is offered for team return in an emergency aboard the space station. The Soyuz MS-22 will be replaced by the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will release to the area station without a crew on Monday, February 20. International Space Station Configuration on January 9, 2023. 5 spaceships are parked at the space station including the Cygnus space freighter, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance, and Russias Soyuz MS-22 team ship and the Progress 81 and 82 resupply ships. Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin worked inside 2 various Progress area freighters transferring freight in and out of the lorries, as well as updating the stations stock management system.
The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship is pictured docked to the Rassvet module. In the background, the Prichal docking module is connected to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Credit: NASA
NASA and Roscosmos are changing the International Space Station (ISS) flight strategy after finishing an investigation into a coolant leakage on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the station.
NASA hosted a joint media rundown on Wednesday, January 11, about the Roscosmos-led examination to update the general public on the Soyuz status and the forward strategy.
As a part of the work, Roscosmos engineers identified the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is not viable for a typical team return, however is offered for crew return in an emergency aboard the spaceport station. The Soyuz MS-22 will be replaced by the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will release to the space station without a team on Monday, February 20. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will return to Earth in the replacement Soyuz after investing numerous extra months on the station.
NASA has actually been dealing with Roscosmos throughout the investigation and will continue to work with its Commercial Crew Program and Canadian, Japanese, and European partners to improve upcoming flight dates over the next numerous weeks. NASA also continues its conversations with SpaceX relating to the possibility of using the Crew-5 spacecraft to return extra team in case of a station emergency prior to the arrival of Soyuz MS-23.
International Space Station Configuration on January 9, 2023. Five spaceships are parked at the spaceport station consisting of the Cygnus space truck, the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance, and Russias Soyuz MS-22 crew ship and the Progress 81 and 82 resupply ships. Credit: NASA
Meanwhile, NASA and SpaceX are prepared to introduce the Crew-6 objective quickly after Soyuz MS-23, integrating the manifest modifications previously mentioned. NASA still intends on having a direct handover in between the Crew-5 and Crew-6 missions.
On December 14, 2022, ground groups noticed substantial dripping of external coolant from the aft portion of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module on the area station. The Soyuz spacecraft brought Prokopyev, Petelin, and Rubio into area after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 21.
Spacesuits, eye scans, and freight transfers were the dominant activities aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The 7 Expedition 68 crew members likewise had time for area gardening and clinical hardware maintenance.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Frank Rubio joined each other cleansing cooling loops, examining water, and setting up batteries inside a pair of Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), likewise called spacesuits, throughout the day. Mann later on joined Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) readying tools and hardware for an upcoming spacewalk to prepare the spaceport station for its 4th roll-out solar array.
Cassada then invested the afternoon maintenance research samples to support a study exploring how to treat bone wounds and conditions both on Earth and in space. Rubio released a set of Human Research Facility laptop computer systems before watering tomato plants growing for the Veg-05 space botany research study. Wakata changed cable televisions and light gadgets on the Confocal space microscope that supplies fluorescence images of biological samples.
All four astronauts also gathered for a short session of eye scans prior to lunchtime utilizing the Ultrasound 2 gadget inside the Columbus laboratory module. The routinely arranged exams collect images of an astronauts cornea, lens, optic nerve, and retina to assist medical professionals comprehend how living long-lasting in weightlessness impacts the human eye.
Leader Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin worked inside two different Progress area freighters moving freight in and out of the lorries, as well as upgrading the stations stock management system. Prokopyev likewise dealt with life assistance equipment while Petelin had a look at optical hardware and user interfaces. Flight Engineer Anna Kikina configured and photographed electronics components and then deployed radiation detectors throughout the orbiting lab.
The SpaceX Dragon freight craft completed its station resupply mission when it parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 5:19 a.m. EST yesterday, January 11, 2023. The uncrewed Dragon returned about 4,400 pounds of laboratory hardware and clinical cargo for retrieval and analysis by engineers and scientists on Earth.