Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station to inspect a section of the Russian spacecraft where a small hole has been spotted.
The mysterious leak was discovered on Aug 30th in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft which is attached to the ISS.
Suspicions have continued to grow since the holes discovery that it was drilled deliberately in a case of foreign sabotage.
The crew quickly located and sealed the tiny hole that created a slight loss of pressure. Space officials said the station has remained safe to operate.
Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Prokopyev will conduct a six-hour spacewalk to inspect the Soyuz’s exterior today.
They will uncover the thermal insulation covering the patched hole and take samples that will be studied by experts.
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The crew quickly located and sealed the tiny hole that created a slight loss of pressure. Space officials said the station has remained safe to operate. Oleg Kononenko and Sergei Prokopyev will conduct a six-hour spacewalk to inspect the Soyuz’s exterior today
Russian cosmonaut Mr Kononenko, who arrived at the station earlier this month with NASA astronaut Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, said in a pre-flight interview that the spacewalk would be a strenuous effort.
'It's going to be challenging both physically and technically,' he said.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said in September that the hole could have been drilled during manufacture or while in orbit.
He didn't say if he suspected any of the crew, but the statement has caused some bewilderment.
Two Russian cosmonauts were preparing to venture outside the International Space Station, pictured, on Tuesday to inspect a section where a mysterious leak has been discovered. The leak was spotted on Aug. 30 in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station
Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques and Oleg Kononenko, pictured, launched from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, before their spacecraft made four orbits over six hours as it chased down the space station for the docking
Russia's Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 58/59, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome on December 3, 2018
Rogozin has since reneged on his statement blaming the media for twisting his statement and said that he never pointed the finger at U.S. astronauts.
He said recently that the Russian probe is ongoing and some of the station's crew will take the samples back to Earth on Dec 20th.
Rogozin added that Roscosmos will discuss the probe findings with NASA and other space station partners.
Anne McClain, Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques make their way from quarantine towards the Soyuz rocket which launched them into space
Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques and Oleg Kononenko launched from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz rocket last week.
Their spacecraft made four orbits over six hours as it chased down the space station for the docking.
It marked the first in-flight launch abort of a crewed Soyuz mission since 1975. Ovchinin and Hague escaped unharmed.
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Main photo article Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station to inspect a section of the Russian spacecraft where a small hole has been spotted.
The mysterious leak was discovered on Aug 30th in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft which is attached to the ISS.
Suspicions have co...
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