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The Progress MS-21 cargo spacecraft docks with the International Space Station, October 28, 2022. /CFP
Russia's space agency on Saturday proposed the launch of a ship on February 24 to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station (ISS), news agencies reported.
Investigations into a pressure loss in the Progress MS-21 space cargo ship delayed the launch of the Soyuz MS-23 ship to bring back Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin and Frank Rubio, who had previously been due to return to Earth on February 20.
Russian news agencies quoted Roscosmos as saying a decision had been made to bring the Progress MS-21 cargo ship out of orbit on Sunday, paving the way for the Soyuz launch to follow.
Roscosmos proposed February 24 as the new launch date of the Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Roscosmos has said the damaged Progress module was sealed off from the rest of the station and there continued to be no threat to the safety of the seven crew on board - three Americans, three Russians and one Japanese.
Despite tense relations due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russia and the United States still collaborate closely on the ISS.
The Soyuz craft are used to ferry crew to and from the ISS, while the Progress vessels deliver equipment and supplies.
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