The agency issued a statement on Thursday (Dec. 15) stating that decisions about the future of the MS-22 crew are still being made.
on Thursday, writing that"NASA and Roscosmos will continue to work together to determine the next course of action following the ongoing analysis. The crew members aboard the space station are safe, and were not in any danger during the leak."
In response to a request for more detailed information from Space.com, a NASA spokesperson said the agency will issue an updateIt remains unclear how the leak and damage to the Soyuz craft will affect the planned March 2023 return of the MS-22 crew, which. Neither NASA nor Roscosmos has given any hint of whether the MS-22 capsule meant to carry Rubio, Petelin and Prokopiev home remains flightworthy following the apparently significant loss of coolant.
It is also unknown whether the ISS as a whole or the Cygnus cargo spacecraft docked near MS-22 suffered any damage due to the leak.
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