{"id":22053,"date":"2023-03-01T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/soyuz-ms-23-arrives-at-space-station-over-the-weekend-to-replace-leaky-ms-22\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:19:09","slug":"soyuz-ms-23-arrives-at-space-station-over-the-weekend-to-replace-leaky-ms-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/soyuz-ms-23-arrives-at-space-station-over-the-weekend-to-replace-leaky-ms-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Soyuz MS-23 arrives at space station over the weekend to replace leaky MS-22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is going on with the Russian spacecrafts?<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve been following the news from the Russian side of the International Space Station, you\u2019ll know that they have had a few issues with their spacecraft lately. First, Soyuz MS-22 sprang a leak in its cooling system in December. After an investigation, it said by Roscosmos that the cause was due to a micro-meteor strike. As a result, the spacecraft could no longer serve as a lifeboat for its crew in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n

Because of this, Roscosmos delayed the crew launch of MS-23, and once the problem was solved, they would launch it to serve as MS-22\u2019s replacement. However, between the last week and December, Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the station; it, too, had a leak in its cooling system. It is still not fully known what caused Progress MS-21\u2019s coolest leak and if it is related to Soyuz MS-22.<\/p>\n

For now, MS-22 will undock from the station and deorbit itself without any crew on board and attempt to land back on land in Kazakhstan like normal.<\/p>\n

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