A Russian space shuttle, Soyuz MS-23, is on a mission to rescue a crew stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) back to Earth arrived at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday.
On Friday, Soyuz MS-23 lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan is designated to bring back Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and, Dmitry Petelin and U.S. astronaut Francisco Rubio in September.
The three were to end their mission in March. They were stranded in space after the cooling system of their Soyuz MS-22 capsule began to leak two months ago. The Soyuz MS-22 will be brought back to Earth unmanned, next month.
On a messaging platform, Telegram, Roscosmos said, “Today at 03:59 Moscow time (4:58 MUN), the Sotuz MS-23 unmanned spacecraft docked to the Poisk module of the International Space Station in automatic mode.”
The Poisk module is a docking module at the ISS.
Yuri Borisov, chief executive of Roscosmos, stated that the Russian cosmonauts’ next spacewalk at the station is in April or May.
The Russian space agency reported Soyuz MS-23 ship is loaded with 429 kilograms (946 lb) of additional cargo to the station that will fulfil the requirements to extend that astronauts’ mission.
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