ISS Crew Return Schedule After Soyuz MS-22 Damage

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The crew aboard the International Space Station is set to return to Earth on September 27 due to damage to the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. This update was confirmed on the official government space agency website. Roscosmos.

According to the state agency, the landing of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft with crew members Sergei Prokopiev, Dmitry Petelin and Francisco Rubio is scheduled for September 27.

Earlier information indicated that Roscosmos had planned to bring back the damaged Soyuz MS-22 from orbit to Earth in unmanned mode on March 28. It was also reported that the Russian segment of the International Space Station would depart the Rassvet small research module at 12:57 Moscow time. The planned landing was to occur at 14:45 Moscow time near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.

In separate updates, it was noted that a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was used to send a spacecraft for the needs of the Russian Ministry of Defense from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Europe’s northernmost spaceport located in the Arkhangelsk region. The Ministry of Defense stated that the Soyuz-2.1a medium-lift vehicle was operated by the space forces within the Russian Aerospace Forces on March 23 at 9:40 Moscow time. [Citation: Roscosmos press release / official briefing.]

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