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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Oliver Holmes

Russia to launch mission to rescue stranded ISS crew after meteoroid strike

US astronaut Frank Rubio (right) with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev (centre) and Dmitri Petelin wave to  relatives and friends before the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 rocket  in Kazakhstan
US astronaut Frank Rubio (right) with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev (centre) and Dmitri Petelin wave to relatives and friends before the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 rocket in Kazakhstan last September. Photograph: Dmitri Lovetsky/AP

Moscow will launch a rescue vessel to the International Space Station next month to bring home three crew members who are in effect stuck in orbit after their original capsule was hit by a meteoroid.

The docked Soyuz MS-22 sprang a major leak last month, spraying radiator coolant into space and prompting a pair of cosmonauts to abort a planned spacewalk.

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