Uncrewed Soyuz returns from ISS
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2023, 7:27 PM ET (2327 GMT)
An uncrewed, damaged Soyuz spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The Soyuz MS-22 undocked from the ISS at 5:57 am EDT (0957 GMT) and landed in Kazakhstan at 7:46 am EDT (1146 GMT). The spacecraft experienced a coolant leak in December that led Roscosmos and NASA to conclude the spacecraft could not be used to return its three-person crew to Earth. The cause of the leak was originally blamed on a micrometeoroid strike, but after a similar leak on a Progress spacecraft docked to the station in February, officials said they could not rule out a manufacturing defect. Russia launched the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft in February that will return two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut from the station in September.
An uncrewed, damaged Soyuz spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The Soyuz MS-22 undocked from the ISS at 5:57 am EDT (0957 GMT) and landed in Kazakhstan at 7:46 am EDT (1146 GMT). The spacecraft experienced a coolant leak in December that led Roscosmos and NASA to conclude the spacecraft could not be used to return its three-person crew to Earth. The cause of the leak was originally blamed on a micrometeoroid strike, but after a similar leak on a Progress spacecraft docked to the station in February, officials said they could not rule out a manufacturing defect. Russia launched the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft in February that will return two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut from the station in September.
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