Sergei Krikalev, Executive Director of Roscosmos’ manned space programs, confirmed that the Progress MS-21 cargo ship docking at the International Space Station (ISS) has leaked coolant from the ship’s thermal control system. It has been reported TASS.
“A cargo ship that has been docking at the station for several months has had a coolant leak from the thermal control system,” he said.
Krikalev noted that a similar situation occurred in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft in mid-December last year.
Formerly US mission control representative declarationThe depressurization of Progress MS-21 on the International Space Station occurred in the spacecraft’s thermal control system.
unpressurized spacecraft will be de-orbited and sunk On the ocean on February 18. According to Roscosmos, the depressurization will not affect the date of the spacecraft’s de-orbiting and sinking in the Pacific Ocean.