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Russia's Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft re-docks on ISS by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 19, 2021
The spacecraft is due to be relocated by the crew to another port of the International Space Station as part of preparatory work for the crew's next mission. Sputnik is live from the International Space Station (ISS) as the Soyuz MS-17 space vehicle is being relocated from the station's Rassvet module to its Poisk module port. The operation is being conducted by an international crew, namely Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov from the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, and NASA's Kate Rubins. The relocation will free up the Rassvet port for the docking of the Soyuz MS-18 space vehicle, which will carry three new crew members to the ISS next month: Roskosmos' Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA's Mark Vande Hei. Source: RIA Novosti
ISS crew once again uses tea leaves to locate air leak in Russian module Zvezda Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2021 The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is once again using tea leaves to find an air leak in three possible locations in the Russian Zvezda module, according to a communication of the crew with Earth, broadcast by NASA. A specialist from the Russian Mission Control Center told cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov that thin strips of paper that were released in the module's access section earlier gathered in three possible leakage sites. They then asked the cosmonaut to use tea leaves to find out i ... read more
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