The Soyuz spacecraft leak has forced Russia to cancel two spacewalks so far, but NASA has its own spacewalk set for Dec. 19.
"The crew aboard station completed normal operations Thursday, including participating in science investigations and research, as well as configuring tools ahead of a planned U.S. spacewalk on Monday, Dec. 19," NASA officials wrote in the statement."Specialists are working through robotic plans ahead of Monday’s spacewalk to best optimize for upcoming station operations and the Soyuz inspection.
The Soyuz spacecraft, called Soyuz MS-22, experienced an uncontrolled coolant leak Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. EST that lasted for several hours,by cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelinto that aimed to move a radiator on the station's Russian segment. The Soyuz spacecraft launched the two cosmonauts and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the station in September and serves as that crew's lifeboat and return ride home. It is docked at the station's Earth-facing Rassvet docking port.
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