Moscow, Dec 19 (AP) Russia’s area company Roscosmos stated on Monday {that a} coolant leak from a Russian area capsule hooked up to the International Space Station does not require evacuation of its crew, however the company stored open the opportunity of launching a substitute capsule, if wanted.

Roscosmos stated a panel of specialists would decide later this month whether or not the Soyuz MS-22 capsule may very well be safely utilized by the crew for its deliberate return to Earth or if it must be discarded and changed.

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It stated the subsequent scheduled launch of a Soyuz was in March however may very well be expedited, if needed.

The leak from the Soyuz MS-22 was noticed final week as a pair of Russian cosmonauts had been about to enterprise exterior the station on a deliberate spacewalk.

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Russian Mission Control aborted the spacewalk when floor specialists noticed a stream of fluid and particles emanating from the Soyuz on a reside video feed from area.

Roscosmos and NASA each have stated the incident hasn’t posed any hazard to the station’s crew.

Roscosmos stated the leak might need been attributable to a micrometeorite or a chunk of area junk putting one of many capsule’s exterior radiators.

The company stated Monday that the leak prompted the temperature within the crew part of the capsule to rise to 30 levels Celsius (86 levels Fahrenheit).

The temperature within the tools part initially soared to 40 levels Celsius (104 levels Fahrenheit) however dropped to 30 levels Celsius (86 levels Fahrenheit) after floor specialists switched a few of the capsule’s techniques, Roscosmos stated.

Roscosmos stated the crew used ventilators within the Russian section to blow chilly air into the capsule to scale back temperature within the cockpit to snug ranges.

“The increase in temperature on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is admissible and isn’t critical for the functioning of the equipment or health of the crew in case they need to be in the spacecraft,” Roscosmos stated, including that checks of the ship’s management system decided it wasn’t affected by the incident.

The area company stated an inspection of the capsule’s floor with a digital camera on a Canadian-built robotic arm helped spot the situation of the coolant leak.

Prokopyev, Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio used the Soyuz MS-22 to reach on the International Space Station in September, and it has served as a lifeboat for the crew.

The capsule was scheduled to hold a few of the area station’s crew again to Earth in March as a part of common rotations.

Along with Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio, 4 different crew members are presently on the area outpost: NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada; the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Koichi Wakata; and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos. (AP)

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