Roscosmos reported that the first of the ships with damaged cooling system will leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, February 18th. DEA News.
It has been clarified that we are talking about the Progress MS-21 cargo ship – the ship will launch at 5.26 Moscow time, after which the astronauts will deploy it using teleoperator control and can take a photo of the fault location. After that, the truck will be sent to Earth and will be submerged the same day.
The fate of the manned Soyuz MS-22, another ship with damaged thermal insulation, has also been revealed. Its mission will be taken on February 20 instead of March 16 by the Soyuz MS-23, which will take off in unmanned mode earlier than planned.
Previously on Roscosmos reportedIt has been reported that the inspection of the damaged ship “Progress MS-21” has been completed.
It was noted that the photo and video footage will be transferred to Russian experts to reveal the cause of the lack of pressure in the ship’s heat control system.