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Micrometeorite strike to blame for Russian space capsule coolant leak: Officials

By Associated Press
Published December 15, 2022 2:52pm ET
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Micrometeorite strike to blame for Russian space capsule coolant leak: Officials
NASA and Russia's space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, on Dec. 14 on the International Space Station because of an apparent coolant leak from an attached space capsule. | (AP)

A coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike, a Russian space official said Thursday.

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