![]() ![]() That scenario is part of a report released by NASA in January 2022. The goal would be to place it in the Pacific Ocean near what’s called Point Nemo, the point in Earth’s oceans farthest from land. So as early as 2031, the space station could be guided to a fiery demise, as it de-orbits through Earth’s atmosphere. On January 31, 2022, NASA announced that the Biden-Harris administration had extended the space station’s operations until 2030. Its lifetime is limited by primary structures – modules, radiators and trusses – that can’t be repaired or replaced. The International Space Station (ISS) can’t continue forever. The crew aboard the space station took this image on November 30, 2021. This was loaded with garbage and left adrift over the weekend once it burned up in the sky as intended.This is the view of the southern Pacific Ocean, where the International Space Station will eventually meet its fate. Engineers would examine and inspect it once it arrives. The damaged spacecraft will land on Earth by the end of March without anyone on board. With MS-23 being safely docked with the ISS, SpaceX's William Gerstenmaier said that the three astronauts will remain at the space station until at least September. Originally, this was scheduled to launch later this year with people on board. As per Russian engineers, one fewer passenger would help the spacecraft to keep the temperature at a potentially acceptable level.įortunately, they were not forced to put that plan to the test because of the replacement spacecraft Soyuz MS-23. Meanwhile, Prokopyev and Petelin are still assigned to their damaged spacecraft. reported that Rubio is supposed to transition to a SpaceX crew capsule that is docked at the space station until the replacement arrives. Aside from these, the crew would also be exposed to extreme heat.īased on a report from Reuters, the replacement spacecraft carried 428 kilograms or 956 lbs of additional cargo to the station that is needed to extend the mission of the astronauts.Īlso Read: Russian Cargo Ship Delivers Food, Supplies, Experiments to the ISS Supposed Contingency Plansīoth agencies prepared emergency preparations. The temperature in the cabin would rise throughout the return to Earth without the coolant, which may potentially harm computers and other equipment. Authorities decided that it would be too unsafe to return NASA's Rubio and Roscosmos' Petelin and Prokopyev on their damaged Soyuz next month. This incident put Roscosmos and NASA in a tricky spot. The three astronauts had been due to end their mission in March, however, they were left stuck in space after the Soyus MS-22 capsule's cooling system started to leak in December after a micrometeoroid strike. Chief Executive Officer Yuri Borisov stated that the next spacewalk of the Russian cosmonauts will take place in April or May. "Today at 03:58 Moscow time (00:58 GMT), the Soyuz MS-23 unmanned spacecraft docked to the Poisk module of the International Space Station in automatic mode," Roscomos stated. Engadget reported that Russia's Soyuz MS-23 is sent to bring cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio back to Earth. Replacement for MS-22Ī replacement spacecraft for three International Space Station astronauts arrived at the station on Saturday, February 25th. The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying the crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 21, 2022. (Photo : NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) This will bring back cosmonauts and astronauts to Earth. Russia's Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station and lifted off from Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |