A Second Russian Spacecraft Is Leaking At The ISS

Recently in December, the Russian Soyuz MS-22 leaked all of its coolant into space a few months after docking with the International Space Station. The crew of three that it brought are now waiting for a replacement Soyuz scheduled to launch later this month. Unfortunately, NASA just revealed another Russian spacecraft has sprung a leak.

Yesterday, NASA reported that engineers recorded a depressurization in the unpiloted Roscosmos Progress 82 cargo ship’s coolant loop, which is docked to the space-facing Poisk module at the station. Currently, they are not completely sure what the problem is and are working to figure out a solution. This spacecraft originally arrived in October last year and was meant to leave in a few weeks.

Now with this problem coming up, there are a few unknowns regarding its future. This would mark the second time in two months, a Russian spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) has sprung a leak. Here I will go more in-depth into this new leak, what NASA knows at the moment, what to expect in the coming days, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - New Spacecraft Leak
2:40 - Russian Concerns