Russia’s space office said Saturday it was intending to send a salvage transport on February 24 to bring back three space explorers whose return vehicle was harmed by a little meteoroid.
“The send-off is normal for February 24,” a representative for the Roscosmos space organization told AFP.
Last Monday, the space organization said it had postponed the send-off of the Soyuz MS-23 shuttle, saying a stock boat moored at the Worldwide Space Station (ISS) had spilled coolant.
The Soyuz MS-22 flew Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA space traveler Forthcoming Rubio to the ISS in September.
They were planning to get back in a similar space apparatus, but it started spilling coolant in mid-December, subsequent to being hit by what US and Russian space authorities accept was a small space rock.
In January, Russia said that it would send a vacant rocket to the ISS in February to bring back the three space explorers.
Last Monday, the send-off was delayed after one more vessel—aa Russian stockpile transport docked at the ISS, the Advancement MS-21—hhad likewise spilled coolant, igniting concern.
Prior to Saturday, the Russian space organization said that the main architects had now suggested that the send-off of the salvage transport be set for 03:34 a.m. (00:34 gmt) on February 24.
The Soyuz MS-23 had been painstakingly analyzed, and no harm had been found, the space organization said.
Currently, a state commission needs to approve the new date.
The Roscosmos official let AFP know that the state commission was broadly expected to support the new day for kickoff.
The Advancement Supply Boat will be de-circulated on February 19, the space office said in a different proclamation.
