Russia will postpone the launch of a space capsule to the International Space Station after a coolant leak was detected on a supply ship docked to the station. The capsule was to serve as a lifeboat for crew evacuation in case of emergency.
Borisov said the unmanned Soyuz launch would be delayed “until we make sure and get to the site of a possible breakdown.”
Because the new Soyuz will be launched in automatic mode, a replacement crew will now have to wait until late summer or fall when another capsule is ready. That means Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio will have to stay several extra months at the station, possibly pushing their mission to close to a year.
Besides Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio, the space station is home to NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada; Russian Anna Kikina; and Japan’s Koichi Wakata. The four rode up on a SpaceX capsule last October.
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