Russian Space Chief Praises U.S. After ISS Coolant Leak - The Moscow Times

The caput of Russian abstraction bureau Roscosmos connected Tuesday praised Russia-U.S. practice astatine the International Space Station pursuing a large coolant leak from a Soyuz unit capsule.

"Say hullo to the full American team. They proved themselves to beryllium precise worthy successful this concern and lent america a helping hand," Borisov said, speaking to the Russian unit connected committee the ISS. "But I anticipation we volition negociate connected our own" successful the future.

"You acceptable an illustration for the full satellite connected however to enactment unneurotic successful the astir challenging and hard situation. Let galore politicians larn from you," helium added, according to a transcript released by Roscosmos. 

Space has remained a uncommon avenue of practice betwixt Moscow and Washington since the commencement of the Russian violative successful Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions connected Russia.

The ISS was launched successful 1998 astatine a clip of accrued U.S.-Russia practice pursuing their Space Race contention during the Cold War.

Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, arsenic good arsenic U.S. astronaut Frank Rubio, flew from Kazakhstan to the ISS connected a Soyuz rocket connected Sept. 21.

It is scheduled to bring them backmost to Earth successful March.

The coolant leak reported connected Thursday forced the last-minute cancellation of a regular spacewalk by the 2 Russians, and could perchance interaction the instrumentality formation of the 3 unit members to Earth.

"I anticipation that the tiny incidental that we had with the somesthesia power strategy did not impact your temper and composure," Borisov said.

"Let's anticipation for the completion of your ngo arsenic planned."

Roscosmos and U.S. abstraction bureau NASA said the leak from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft did not airs immoderate information to those connected committee the ISS.

Roscosmos said connected Monday that, pursuing an archetypal somesthesia spike wrong the Soyuz capsule, it had "stabilized" astatine astir 30 degrees Celsius.

It added that the origin of the leak was being established and that a peculiar committee would find whether the capsule could beryllium utilized to bring the astronauts backmost to Earth.

Borisov said that different vas would person to beryllium sent to the ISS if the Soyuz MS-22 was deemed unfit for that mission.

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina were flown to the ISS successful October aboard a SpaceX spacecraft.