Canadarm2 to examine leaky Soyuz spacecraft, Russia saysYesterday

A 17-metre-long Canadian-made robotic arm on the Worldwide House Station will examine a docked Soyuz spacecraft after a leak was observed simply earlier than a spacewalk final week, Russia’s state house company mentioned on Sunday.

After the spacewalk was known as off on Dec. 15, Roscosmos mentioned there had been harm to the outer pores and skin of an instrument meeting compartment of the Soyuz MS-22 capsule. It mentioned there was a coolant leak.

Roscosmos mentioned cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Anna Kikina had been having fun with a day of relaxation on the House Station and would then watch the ultimate of the World Cup.

“The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft shall be inspected with cameras of the SSRMS, the House Station Distant Manipulator System,” Roskosmos mentioned in a press release. “The outcomes shall be transmitted to earth on Monday.”

Generally often known as Canadarm2, the SSRMS is a 17-metre-long arm which performs upkeep, strikes provides and grapples automobiles to the house station

“The temperature within the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft was lowered as a result of actions of specialists from the Mission Management Middle close to Moscow, remaining inside the specified limits,” it mentioned.

Preparations are underneath method for the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, and Russia’s house company mentioned that launch could possibly be accelerated if wanted.