Russians, American Delayed in Area to Return in September

MOSCOW (AP) — Two cosmonauts and an astronaut who have been supposed to depart the Worldwide Area Station this month might be introduced again to Earth in late September, doubling their time aboard the orbiting laboratory to greater than a 12 months, Russia’s house company introduced Friday.

The return of Russians Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, and NASA’s Frank Rubio was delayed after the Soyuz capsule they deliberate to journey in developed a coolant leak whereas docked to the house station.

An empty Soyuz was despatched to the station in late February to function a rescue capsule. The three-person substitute crew that was initially scheduled to be aboard that capsule is now set to go for the house station on Sept. 15, the Roscosmos house company stated.

Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio are to return on Sept. 27; they launched into house on Sept. 21, 2022.

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