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Three astronauts left stranded on the International Space Station by a pressure leak in their return capsule will be able to return to Earth in September.
Stranded astronauts to return from ISS in September
Russian space agency Roscosmos says three astronauts who were left stranded on the International Space Station by a pressure leak in their return capsule last year will be able to return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-23 replacement capsule in September.
“Initially, Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Francisco Rubio were to land on Soyuz MS-22 on March 28, 2023,” Roscosmos said on Tuesday, according to the TASS news agency.
“This is now scheduled to take place on Soyuz MS-23 in September 2023.”
Both NASA and Roscosmos believe the leak was caused by a micrometeoroid – a small particle of space rock – hitting the capsule at high velocity.
