The launch of a Soyuz spacecraft to bring Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin, and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed from February 20 until early March, said Yury Borisov, chief of Russia's Roskosmos space agency. Borisov said on February 13 that the exact date of the launch will be clear after a coolant leak registered over the weekend on the Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft, currently docked at the ISS, is located and its cause is determined.
Russia Postpones Flight To Bring Crew Back From ISS Until Early March
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio (right) and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopyev (center) and Dmitry Petelin pose in front of a bus before prelaunch preparations in September 2022.