NASA and Roscosmos are adjusting the Worldwide Area Station flight plan after finishing an investigation right into a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the station.
NASA hosted a joint media briefing Wednesday concerning the Roscosmos-led investigation to replace the general public on the Soyuz standing and the ahead technique.
As part of the work, Roscosmos engineers decided the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft isn’t viable for a standard crew return, however is on the market for crew return in an emergency aboard the area station. The Soyuz MS-22 might be changed by the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that may launch to the area station and not using a crew on Monday, Feb. 20. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will return to Earth within the substitute Soyuz after spending a number of further months on the station.
NASA has been working with Roscosmos all through the investigation and can proceed to work with its Industrial Crew Program and Canadian, Japanese, and European companions to refine upcoming flight dates over the following a number of weeks. NASA additionally continues its discussions with SpaceX concerning the potential of utilizing the Crew-5 spacecraft to return further crew within the occasion of a station emergency previous to the arrival of Soyuz MS-23.
In the meantime, NASA and SpaceX are ready to launch the Crew-6 mission quickly after Soyuz MS-23, incorporating the manifest adjustments beforehand talked about. NASA nonetheless plans on having a direct handover between the Crew-5 and Crew-6 missions.
On Dec. 14, 2022, floor groups seen important leaking of exterior coolant from the aft portion of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the Rassvet module on the area station. The Soyuz spacecraft carried Prokopyev, Petelin, and Rubio into area after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sept. 21.
Spacesuits, eye scans, and cargo transfers have been the dominant actions aboard the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday. The seven Expedition 68 crew members additionally had time for area gardening and scientific {hardware} upkeep.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, and Frank Rubio joined one another cleansing cooling loops, checking water, and putting in batteries inside a pair of Extravehicular Mobility Items (EMUs), often known as spacesuits, all through the day. Mann later joined Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) readying instruments and {hardware} for an upcoming spacewalk to arrange the area station for its fourth roll-out photo voltaic array.
Cassada then spent the afternoon servicing analysis samples to assist a examine exploring learn how to deal with bone wounds and circumstances each on Earth and in area. Rubio deployed a pair of Human Analysis Facility laptop computer computer systems earlier than watering tomato vegetation rising for the Veg-05 area botany examine. Wakata changed cables and light-weight gadgets on the Confocal area microscope that gives fluorescence imagery of organic samples.
All 4 astronauts additionally gathered for a brief session of eye scans simply earlier than lunchtime utilizing the Ultrasound 2 system contained in the Columbus laboratory module. The usually scheduled exams accumulate photos of an astronaut’s cornea, lens, optic nerve, and retina to assist medical doctors perceive how residing long-term in weightlessness impacts the human eye.
Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin labored inside two completely different Progress area freighters transferring cargo out and in of the automobiles, in addition to updating the station’s stock administration system. Prokopyev additionally labored on life assist gear whereas Petelin checked out optical {hardware} and interfaces. Flight Engineer Anna Kikina configured and photographed electronics elements then deployed radiation detectors all through the orbiting lab.
The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft accomplished its station resupply mission when it parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 5:19 a.m. EST at present. The uncrewed Dragon returned about 4,400 kilos of lab {hardware} and scientific cargo for retrieval and evaluation by engineers and researchers on Earth.
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Russia to send rescue mission to space station
Moscow (AFP) Jan 11, 2023
Russia mentioned Wednesday that it’s going to ship an empty spacecraft to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) subsequent month to carry house three astronauts whose deliberate return automobile was broken by a strike from a tiny meteoroid.
The Russian area company, Roscosmos, made the announcement after inspecting the flight worthiness of the Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule docked with the ISS that sprang a radiator coolant leak in December.
Roscosmos and NASA officers mentioned at a joint press briefing that an uncrewed Soyuz … read more
