A Russian spacecraft docked to the International Space Station suffered a coolant leak for the second time since December, NASA announced this weekend.
The Russian unmanned ship, the Roscosmos Progress 82, docked to the ISS safely in October and is scheduled to leave full of rubbish at the end of February. NASA said the coolant leak does not pose a threat to astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS, according to the Wall St. Journal.
The Roscosmos is the second Russian-made ship to leak since December, when the ship carrying American astronaut Frank Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin also began leaking.
The US and Russian space programs have continued to work together to maintain the ISS despite Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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A Russian ship docked to the International Space Station has had a coolant leak. (Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP, File)
NASA says two Russian-made spacecraft have leaked coolant since December. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
The International Space Station is crewed by the United States, Russia, Europe and Japan. (NASA via AP, File)
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The Roscosmos vessel is expected to leave as scheduled at the end of February and land somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
