A Russian Spacecraft Partially Depressurized In April But The Crew Was fine


On April 10 a Soyuz spacecraft went through an unplanned depressurization event as it returned to Earth, NASA just revealed that the crew on board was safe
 Space News reports when the Soyuz MS-02 vehicle was returning to Earth's surface. On board were NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko.
In a committee meeting at NASA’s International Space Station Advisory Committee on October 16, one of the former astronauts Thomas Stafford disclosed this case, which hadn't been revealed before.
It was revealed that when the main parachute deployed about 5 miles above the land of Kazakhstan, a buckle happened to struck the welding seam of the capsule. The incident appears to have been fine, because the crew were wearing Sokol pressure suits which enabled them to cope with a depressurization event.



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