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Russia to launch rescue mission for stranded astronauts on International Space Station

By Misty Severi
Published January 11, 2023 9:45pm ET
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Russia to launch rescue mission for stranded astronauts on International Space Station
NASA and Russian space officials stressed Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, that the six astronauts are in no danger after a small air leak developed in one, at left, of the two Soyuz capsules docked at the space station. | (NASA via AP)

Russia will send a rescue pod to the International Space Station next month, to rescue three stranded crew members after a micrometeoroid left a hole in their original vessel last month.

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