Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew

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Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew
By: Reuters News 02-25-23 ~ 14 hrs ago.
Re: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sc...2-26/?rpc=401&

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[1/2] The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft blasts off from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan February 24, 2023, in this still image taken from video. Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS

Feb 26 (Reuters) - A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday.

The Soyuz MS-23, which lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday, is to bring back Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, and U.S. astronaut Francisco Rubio in September.

The three had been due to end their mission in March. They were left stuck in space after the cooling system of their Soyuz MS-22 capsule started leaking two months ago. The Soyuz MS-22 ship is now to be brought back unmanned next month.

"Today at 03:58 Moscow time (00:58 GMT), the Soyuz MS-23 unmanned spacecraft docked to the Poisk module of the International Space Station in automatic mode," Roscosmos said on the Telegram messaging platform.

The Poisk module is a docking module at the ISS.

Yuri Borisov, chief executive of Roscosmos, said that the next space walk of the Russian cosmonauts at the station will take place in April or May.

The Soyuz MS-23 ship carried 429 kilograms (946 lb) of additional cargo to the station, needed to extend the astronauts' mission, Russian agencies reported.
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Personal note: Yes the US saves Russian Astronauts in space. I bet they don't hate us!
Ya know Putin is not playing with a full deck anymore! We the US would also save any
Chinese or North Koreans if they were stranded in space. That's the kind of People we
are! But what do you guys do - you want to nuke us not for bringing them back but
so that they can watch the nuclear exchange between these countries. Happy for
getting home - will not be so happy if their country starts a war with the US as
they after all came and got them and brought them home. Did Putin learn anything?
The People of Russia we don't hate you its your leaders that are causing all these
issues to take place. The U.S. is not your enemy but your leaders will say we are
We are not after your Countries!! Those in power are the guilty parties that cause
these war's not the US and many other countries. This is not what we want nor
do you. A nuclear war will devastate all our countries and for what!? Those mad
men in power today are your problems which will result in a possible war that
nobody wins! We have but one world that we all live on and the US is not
trying to destroy anyone unless they cause undo pressure on their people will
we take such actions but not without your support!

These radical Nation's don't tell you everything - just that we are the bad guys!
Tell them to look into the mirror - they are the bad guys causing all this world
wide grief. Citzens of the World - We Are Not Your Problem! It's you're leaders
who are making life miserable all around the globe. We are try to stop the
butchery and Carenage that comes from such encounter's. They are feeding
you information that is contrary to what is really happening. Your Father's,
Brother's & Sister's are being misused for their ideals not ours! We also
are not after your lands - we work best when we work together and strive
to improve our People's needs - NOT THE LEADERS NEED'S!
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Think about it - We don't need leaders who are working for themselves
and their backer's & not necessarily the People's needs! It's black & white -
we all see it - and know it. There's Good in this World - but only as long as
we don't destroy it first!
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