Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia —
Escape aboard the Soyuz, attached to the International Space Station (ISS), canceling the originally planned spacewalk astronaut Russia. The control center on Earth is also trying to fix the problem.
The leak was first detected on Wednesday (12/15) in the cooling system of Soyuz MS-22. The leak was detected an hour and 40 minutes before Rocosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin began their 6-hour and 40-minute spacewalk.
Launch Space, Sergey and Petelin also had to cancel a space mission called Extravehicular Activity (EVA). In fact, they had just begun the depressurization process before stepping off the plane.
As a result, the two cosmonauts had to recharge their pressure and re-enter the ISS. However, the two were in no danger.
“The cause of this leak is unknown,” NASA spokesman Rob Navias said. “Russian experts are continuing to examine the data and discuss what could be the cause,” he added.
Meanwhile launched Reutersin the video broadcast live by NASA, liquid splashes can be seen coming out of the segment of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule.
The Soyuz MS-22 aircraft was launched last September and was carrying Prokopyev, Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. Furthermore, a vehicle was also sent together with the three which would become an emergency aircraft for evacuation in case of need.
According to Navias, the Soyuz aircraft has so far continued to watch Earth since it was attached to the ISS. Navias added that the spacewalk had previously been postponed to late November due to a coolant pump failure in the cosmonauts’ suits.
Also, this spacewalk is actually planned to be the 12th on the ISS and the 257th in spacecraft history. Currently, the ISS is occupied by seven crew members, three each from Russia, three from the United States and one from Japan.
In addition to the Soyuz M-22, there is a Crew Dragon aircraft from SpaceX that is attached to the ISS after taking off from Earth last October. The plane was carrying two NASA astronauts, a Japanese astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut.
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