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Russia has two leaky space station ships. One is about to burn up over the ocean
Russia will dispose of a leaky supply ship that had been docked at the International Space Station this weekend, allowing it to burn up over the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA.
Managers of the Russian space agency Roscosmos decided to bring the Progress 82 cargo capsule back with an engine burn scheduled at 10:15 p.m. ET Saturday. They made the decision after undocking the ship Friday night to get a better look at its radiator.
No astronauts will be aboard the deorbiting spacecraft, as it’s not intended for passengers. NASA said the ship is loaded with trash.
The sendoff follows the discovery of a coolant leak onboard the spacecraft on Feb. 11, making it the second Russian spacecraft to spring a leak at the space station over the past two months.
A Soyuz capsule for carrying humans also suffered a coolant leak in Dec. 2022, leaving three crew members without a return ride. After an investigation into the first leak, Russian and U.S. space officials believed a micrometeoroid smaller than a sharpened pencil tip had caused the puncture, not a manufacturing defect. The coolant seeping into space, caught on live video, was intended to keep the cabin at a comfortable temperature.
But officials have not yet elaborated on the culprit of the cargo ship leak.
“The entire NASA and Roscosmos team have continued to work together to investigate the cause of this situation, and we will continue to do so,” said Jeff Arend, manager of NASA’s space station engineering office, during an unrelated news conference Friday. “We’ll know more in the coming days.”
“We’ll know more in the coming days.”
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Both agencies previously determined the leaky crew capsule would be unfit to bring three men home. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, who arrived at the space station in Sept. 2022, were supposed to be at the Earth-orbiting laboratory for six months, with a return trip set for March.
But it hasn’t been clear when they will fly home.
Despite the Russia-Ukraine war and geopolitical tensions between Russia and the United States, the two nations’ space agencies have continued to work collaboratively at the space station.
Joel Montalbano, NASA’s space station program manager, said in January that the crew had taken the news well that their return ride was still TBD, were excited to be doing research in space, and were prepared to stay a full year if necessary.
“I may have to fly some more ice cream to reward them,” he said then.
Earlier on Saturday, Roscosmos said it wants to launch an empty ship for the marooned crew on Feb. 24, according to news wire reports. A state commission has to approve the new date, according to an Agence France-Presse report on Saturday.
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Prince William makes surprise visit to ambulance station who are set to strike
PRINCE William made a surprise private visit to an ambulance station – days after it emerged its staff were to strike.
The ex-air ambulance pilot chatted and joked with medics on Friday.
Service Delivery Manager Kerry Gaskin gave him a cupcake and posted a pic online.
She said: “Prince William arrived at Ipswich Ambulance Station to show his support.”
It came as almost 1,000 ambulance workers in the east of England are to strike for the first time.
A source said of William, who was in the East Anglian Air Ambulance from 2015 to 2017: “The visit was to show support for ambulance staff.
“It was not political. They did not discuss strikes.”
Prince William revealed in December 2021 how he suffered an emotional crisis while working as an air ambulance pilot.
He said that one call-out to a young boy who had been in a car accident left his traumatised.
William said: “I wasn’t in tears but inside I felt something had changed. I felt a reals sort of tension inside me.
“You have a reluctance to talk about it because you don’t want to burden other people. It really hit me weeks later.”
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