Evaluations Underway After Soyuz Coolant Leak (Updated) - AVweb

Three Russian Cosmonauts spent Sunday relaxing and watching the World Cup finale on the International Space Station as the smart people who put them there figured out how to get them down. The station's remote robot arm will take photos of the coolant leak that will likely make their Soyuz capsule unuseable for the trip back to earth. It's likely a launch being prepped at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan will be expedited to pick them up if the leak, which might have been caused by a meteorite, can't be fixed. In the meantime there's no immediate danger.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/space-flight/evaluations-underway-after-soyuz-coolant-leak

I hope this issue is resolved, and in the broader context, I am reassured to hear that the Russians and US are still cooperating in this venture.

They, have, and will, continue to work together, if the politicians keep their noses out of it! The engineers and astronauts are learned people. Politicians???

With the amount of space junk floating around out there, some of it as small as pin heads, and the ever increasing amount being put there (e.g. hundreds of SpaceX mini sats) disabling collisions will become more hazardous. Hopefully Russian space products are better than the junk the military is fielding in Ukraine.