The Soyuz MS-23 had been rigorously examined, and no injury had been discovered. (File)

Moscow:

Russia’s house company mentioned Saturday it was planning to ship a rescue ship on February 24 to deliver house three astronauts whose return automobile was broken by a tiny meteoroid.

“The launch is anticipated on February 24,” a spokesman for the Roscosmos house company informed AFP.

Final Monday, the house company mentioned it had delayed the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, saying a provide ship docked on the Worldwide House Station (ISS) had leaked coolant.

The Soyuz MS-22 flew Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the ISS in September.

They had been scheduled to return house in the identical spacecraft, nevertheless it started leaking coolant in mid-December after being hit by what US and Russian house officers imagine was a tiny house rock.

In January, Russia mentioned that it could ship an empty spacecraft to the ISS in February to deliver house the three astronauts.

Final Monday, the launch was postponed after one other vessel — a Russian provide ship docked on the ISS, the Progress MS-21 — had additionally leaked coolant, sparking concern.

Earlier on Saturday, the Russian house company mentioned that chief designers had now really useful that the launch of the rescue ship be set for 03:34 am (00:34 GMT) on February 24.

The Soyuz MS-23 had been rigorously examined, and no injury had been discovered, the house company mentioned.

Now a state fee has to log out on the brand new date.

The Roscosmos official informed AFP that the state fee was broadly anticipated to approve the brand new launch date.

The Progress provide ship will likely be de-orbited on February 19, the house company mentioned in a separate assertion.

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