The pending arrival of Soyuz MS-23 will be a welcome sight for two ISS crew members, who have been without a reliable lifeboat for months. The purpose of this expedited mission is to replace their Soyuz-22 spacecraft, which suffered a coolant leak late last year. The uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 will launch atop a Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket. Should all go as planned, the unpiloted Soyuz MS-23 will dock to the space station’s Poisk module at 8:01 p.m. The MS-23 mission was supposed to launch last week, but a surprise second coolant leak, this time with Russia’s Progress 82 freighter, resulted in a slight pause.

Source: The Nation February 23, 2023 18:08 UTC