The Soyuz is docked to the International Space Station and it's unclear if it can bear its crew back home, following a severe coolant leak earlier in December.
and it is unclear if the spacecraft can bring home two cosmonauts and an astronaut. Since Russia cannot launch a backup craft until February, this may mean the three ISS crew members have no lifeboat in case of emergency. The cause has not yet been determined.TASS and Roscosmos maintain the cause was likely"a micrometeoroid or space debris." The hole is roughly 0.
The space station has been subject to several close calls with space debris lately, including a Russian Fregat rocket stage that swung within less than a mile on Dec. 21,While the ISS crew is in no immediate danger from the leak, they do depend on spacecraft to come home in case of other emergency on the complex.
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