Soyuz MS-22

Someday, when mankind builds giant orbital stations and colonies on other planets, we’ll stop counting people in space, but the double digits are still impressive. There are currently 17 earthlings in space. There are 11 people on the ISS (5 USA, 3 Russia, 2 Saudi Arabia, 1 UAE): Soyuz MS-22 ... Read more

The epic of the leaky Soyuz MS-22 continues. According to Reuters, NASA is discussing with SpaceX the possibility of returning Russian cosmonauts on Crew Dragon. It is not clear whether they are talking about the Crew Dragon Endurance of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission, which is currently docked with the ISS, ... Read more

NASA was once again forced to stop preparations for going into outer space, due to the possibility of a collision with space debris. And again, these are fragments of a Russian rocket. Fragments of the third stage (“acceleration block” in the terminology of Roscosmos) Fregat-SB had to pass only a ... Read more

Russian Space Agency canceled the spacewalk of two astronauts due to a coolant leak from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. The leak was discovered precisely during the preparation for the 7-hour off-ship activity. Most likely, there was a breakdown of the ship’s thermoregulation system, which maintains the temperature/humidity necessary for the ... Read more