Aaaaand... the second round! Rumors say, a leak appeared in the #ProgressMS21 which should be deorbited on February 18. The situation, according to the former head of Roscosmos PR service Dmitry Strugovets, is quite similar to the accident with Soyuz MS-22.

1. There is a leak in the external radiator cooling loop of #ProgressMS21.
2. The hatch to the ship has been immediately closed.
3. The crew is in no danger.
4. RSC Energia calls a meeting to decide what to do next.
5. The launch of Soyuz MS-23 will be postponed.

Yuri Borisov:
1. An emergency commission has been set up, to consider all options for the causes of the depressurization of #ProgressMS21.
2. The causes of the incidents with Soyuz MS-22 and Progress MS-21 may be different.
4. #SoyuzMS23 will be launched not later than March 10.

Roscosmos reported that today Canadarm will take photos and make video footage of the #ProgressMS21 service module. According to them, the arm is being currently moved to the damaged cargo ship. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8444

#ProgressMS21 cargo spacecraft will depart from the ISS tomorrow at 02:26 UTC. After undocking, the cosmonauts will rotate the ship using TORU and take photos of the damaged orbital module. Watch the live coverage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUNIGD3fwo

Tonight, #ProgressMS21 undocked from the ISS and was rotated 180 degrees to take photos of the area of the coolant leak in the orbital module. Roscosmos reported that no visible damage was found. It was decided to not deorbit the ship right now. The State Commission will decide today what to do next. The first option is to deorbit the ship. The other option is to dock it back to station to Prichal module to provide future investigation of the depressurization of the thermal control system. Thanks @egorovkot for the video.

#ProgressMS21 will be deorbited, says the decision of the State Commission. The deorbit maneuver will begin at 03:15 UTC on February 19. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8493

Roscosmos shared a photo of the area of the #ProgressMS21 Service module where they found a damage, which, as the specialists believe, is responsible for the coolant leak. According to their conclusions, this damage was caused “by an external influence”. https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/8531