The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, which is expected to return the cosmonauts to Earth to replace the damaged Soyuz MS-22, docked with the Poisk module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). It has been reported TASS At Mission Control Center (MCC).
The insertion took place automatically.
It was checked from Earth by MCC specialists, and from the ISS – by the crew.
The Soyuz MS-22 cooling system stopped working after its radiator was damaged by a micrometeorite on December 15, 2022.
As the Soyuz MS-22 descends, the space inside the ship could heat up critically, so it was decided to send the astronauts back to the next ship. Thus, Soyuz MS-23 will stay in orbit for 215 days, while the cosmonaut expedition will take a total of more than 370 days and will become a record in the history of the ISS.