A hole was found in the body of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the ISS. It was the cause of the coolant leak, which was recorded on December 14, according to Space.. com.

Roscosmos specialists were able to explore the Soyuz using a camera mounted on a Canadarm2 robotic arm. As a result, they managed to find a small hole, the surface of the radiator around it changed color..

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Soyuz delivered to the ISS Russian cosmonauts Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. He was supposed to bring them back to Earth in March.

Roscosmos itself stated that the diameter of the hole is 0.8 millimeters, it does not threaten the life and health of the ISS crew. Now the Russian agency is investigating whether the spacecraft will be able to fulfill its task of returning the crew of the ISS back..

The ship, which can become its replacement, may be sent to the station only after 45 days.

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Recall that the leak was registered on December 14, an hour before the Russian cosmonauts were supposed to go into outer space.. The "

Later, Russian media, citing sources, reported that the temperature in the Soyuz had risen to 50 degrees Celsius.. Roskomos denies this, estimating the temperature of the ship at 30 degrees Celsius.