The damaged spacecraft of the Russian Federation leaves the International Space Station (video)

The flight of the ship can be monitored online, Space writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel. Subscribe to not miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! The damaged spacecraft "Soyuz", which was unable to return to the ground of three astronauts because of the high temperature on board, will have to land in the steppes of Kazakhstan within a few hours after the ICS leaves. Unless, of course, everything goes according to the plan.

Despite the fact that the ship will fly without a crew, it will return to the ground "not with empty hands. " On the board will be placed 218 kg of cargo: some equipment that is not already used, as well as the results of scientific experiments that were conducted in orbit. According to Roscosmos, after landing of the Union ship, specialists will conduct a detailed analysis of its condition in order to obtain more information on how the leakage of coolant as a result of the accident occurred.

Also, Russians want to study the condition of a ship that landed with damage to the cooling system to estimate how safe such a flight is. Roscosmos sent a September MS-22 spacecraft to the ISS in September 2022. On his board were Russian astronauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. They had to spend half a year in space and then return home on the same ship.

But in December 2022 there was an accident in the cooling system, and the leakage of cooling fluid began. As a result, the temperature on board the ship has increased significantly, and the return of astronauts has become impossible. He put all the blame for the accident "Roscosmos" on a meteorite that crashed into the Union. According to NASA, the temperature on board the Union has increased to 40 degrees, which is too high for astronauts to be on board when returning to the ground.

This spacecraft also served as a "rescue boat" for astronauts in case of damage to the orbital station itself. As the focus wrote on February 26, the new spacecraft "Union MS-23" has successfully reached for the ISS, and now it is not only a rescue agent, but also deliver three inhabitants of the ISS to the Earth. However, this will happen no earlier in September this year. So, Prokopiev, loop and Rubio will spend the whole year in orbit.