SpaceX & NASA to rescue Astronauts! Russia's Soyuz FAILURE 'cosmonauts can't return'

SpaceX & NASA to rescue Astronauts! Russia's Soyuz FAILURE "cosmonauts can't return"
NASA and Roscosmos have officially declared Soyuz MS-22 not safe to fly for crew and a rescue strategy has been developed with an Official Statement from NASA and Roscosmos on January 11th.
So, what's the plan to rescue the astronauts? How will SpaceX rescue Astronauts?
Why ISS is facing huge turmoil after this?
Find out in today's episode of Alpha Tech:

Let’s analyzing about the Situation first:
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA Astronaut Francisco Rubio launched on Soyuz MS-22 on September 21, 2022, at 13:54 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

On December 15th, 2022 at 12:45 UTC a "visible stream of flakes" was observed emanating from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft at the same time as a loss of pressure was alerted in the external radiator cooling loop. After multiple days of inspection using the station's robotic arms, preliminary information is something left a 0.8mm (0.031in) diameter hole in the external cooler radiator located on the service module of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Roscosmos believes the leak in the radiator occurred due to external mechanical damage.

With the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft deemed not safe to fly for the crew, Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and NASA Astronaut Francisco Rubio are stranded on the ISS. This a critical situation as no person is to be on the ISS without a spacecraft they can board to evacuate in case of emergency with the ability to return home should they not be able to return to the ISS.

So, what is the solution?
For Soyuz MS-22
The damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft will undock from the ISS in an unmanned mode and attempt to return home. Because the thermoregulation system is damaged, re-entry and landing may not be successful.

Next, Soyuz MS-23
Russia's next mission Soyuz MS-23 was scheduled to launch with 3 Russian Cosmonauts in March but teams on the ground have been working around the clock to move the launch up to the middle of February. Once ready for launch, a solo Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will fly the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the ISS. This will be the first solo spacecraft mission since 2004 when Brian Binney flew SpaceShipOne on its test flight.
SpaceX & NASA to rescue Astronauts! Russia's Soyuz FAILURE "cosmonauts can't return"

[EricCumbee]

Reuters is reporting that MS-23 will fly unmanned to ISS to bring the crew back. as of 55 minutes ago.

[hifinsword]

Is there not an INTERNATIONAL SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENT so emergency recoveries can be done more easily? If not, WHY NOT?

[tiemenvanderbijl]

Hey Alpha Tech, you know this stuff is amazingly interesting on its own right. so all the clickbait in titles about "failure" and "emberasment" and taking a stance with alot of opinion about hidden in inflection is only making me dodge your stuff instead of coming to the channel. please be better and just do the amazing work with the information and updates. I dont need your judgements about this

[Dollargenera]

Thanks for adding the US- Russia relation part. I was wondering about that

[stupidburp]

Soyuz gave us rides when we needed them. Time to return the favor.

[hifinsword]

It's hard to imagine NASA and the Russian, Chinese, Japanese, or any space bound organization would not coordinate their systems to make sure they are all compatible for just such emergencies. It would be criminal to not do such coordination.

[aaronscottmatthews]

Excellent production quality !!
Kudos !

[DanOKC]

I had not thought of the space suits not being compatible with Dragons' systems and being so much bulkier, I guess NASA space suits are not compatible with Space X's dragon either.

[daniels]

It wasn't that long ago that Roscosmos, seemingly oblivious to the success of Crew Dragon, said that we would need to ride our "broomsticks" to the ISS due to sanctions over the Ukraine invasion. Now guess what?

[PeterArnold]

What an absolute mess! There's a lot of re-rostering to sort this out. That was great research to explain all of this to us. Thank you.

[StevenCampbell]

PERHAPS, just perhaps there should have been a vehicle always ready to make a dash/emergency trip to and from any space mission.

[BartoszFalkowski]

Issue with SpaceX Crew Dragon is they require custom tailored suits for each crew member. For emergency situations I'd imagine they would prepare few spare suits in different sizes to be able to fit for anyone in need. For cost of not being super fitting, they would probably still do their job.

[Panhandlehomestead]

A year in space… need to be healthy and active. Thx for the update love the channel 😊

[michaelreid]

I wonder whether a shroud should fitted to two of the docking ports used by the on-station capsules to provide a bit more protection to the capsules against mirco-meteorite impacts

[david_WQDF]

There should always be a Crew Dragon capsule and rocket ready to go within a few days for ISS rescue if needed📡🛰️

[hifinsword]

Did I misunderstand or did the Russian space station leave these people in orbit without a way to come home in case of an emergency just such as this one? When 1 failure can lead to such losses, you have to plan and have ready a solution to make sure any loss of human life is minimized.

[jaydeister]

CARGO DRAGON, BACKUP CREW ESCAPE MODULE?
"yeah, so umm...if the cargo dragon (that just left the iss) had backup plan folding g-couches, displays, oxygen, and backup generic spacex spacesuits; then all bases would be covered"

[EsromFF]

The fools on the ground could learn a lot from the people in space. Working together is the key! Peace

[jamesocker]

Well finally an emergency that will be prioritized with crew safety instead of just putting them capsule and hoping. There will be many more emergencies in the future better teach the space groups to have an emergency response ready to go rather than waiting for emergencies to prepare the solution, Everybody has contributed to space debris problems, so let’s start looking for a solution before a catastrophic incident

[petrjasinski]

I remember that there has been one spare soyuz on the ISS just for these kinds of situations. What happened to that?