Written by Kevin C. Ness | updated 16 seconds ago
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After their docking spacecraft was damaged, two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut remained in orbit for six months longer than planned. As I mentioned NationalThe stranded astronauts encountered this situation when their Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft was damaged, presumably by a small meteor, with a coolant leak that was irreparable. Luckily, after a year in space, the astronauts are finally getting ready to go home.
Three astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station for a year will finally return to Earth.
The stranded astronauts were left with their craft, which returned to Earth in March, using its autonomous mode. There was a similar coolant leak on Russia’s Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft, although Roscosmos only attributed the problem to “external factors”.
Fortunately, rescue plans are in the works to bring the three stranded astronauts safely back to Earth from the International Space Station after nearly a year in orbit — nearly twice as long as planned. Rocosmos sent a rescue rover earlier this year that was scheduled to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on September 27. Soyuz MS-23 has been docked at the station since February, when it arrived with supplies, and is being prepared for it. Journey back to Earth.
The extra time on station means that American Frank Rubio will set the record for the longest time in space by an astronaut from the United States.
The stranded astronauts, NASA’s Frank Rubio, Roscosmos’ Dmitry Petlin and Sergey Prokopyev, were not without company during their stay. They were joined in March by Sultan Al Neyadi, an Emirati astronaut. While this is the longest mission for anyone from his area of the world, Nyady will be on the ISS in far less time than his counterparts, and will return home on September 1.
On Friday, the first of two maneuvers was performed to prepare the Soyuz MS-23 for its separation from the station for the stranded astronaut’s return flight. The steps being taken now will help ensure the ship’s trajectory, as well as prepare for the arrival of the Russian manned Soyuz MS-24 mission in September. The process involves triggering two impulse reboots.
The record for the longest stay in space is held by the late Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who was on the Mir space station for 437 days.
While the stranded cosmonauts will land in Kazakhstan, we won’t know the exact time of their return until closer to the deadline. The extra time on station means that American Frank Rubio will set the record for the longest time in space by an astronaut from the United States. He’ll take that title from Mark Vande Hei, the current record holder who spent 355 consecutive days aboard the International Space Station from 2020 to 2021—time that many of us wish were away from Earth.
Fellow cosmonauts Petlin and Prokopyev will also break the record for the longest time a Russian cosmonaut has spent on the International Space Station. The previous record was set by Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov who had the same mission as Hey. The record for the longest stay in space is held by the late Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who was on the Mir space station for 437 days.
2023-08-17 21:21:34
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