Cosmonaut Borisenko called the unmanned landing of the Soyuz MS-22 a regular situation
The unmanned landing mode is one of the regular ones for the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, and the crew should have no problems with its implementation, said pilot-cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko. He spoke about the descent of the damaged module in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
“The crew will remain on board the station, so they will not have any difficulties in terms of the descent of the Soyuz MS-22, because it will descend in unmanned automatic mode,” the cosmonaut said.
If difficulties arise, then the control group, which will manage this process from the Earth. No other difficulties are foreseen.
According to Borisenko, the decision to organize an unmanned landing of the ship is the most optimal in the light of the emergency that occurred on board.
“Automatic mode for both descent and launch is one of the regular modes that is provided for the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. In this regard, there will be nothing supernatural for the ship, this is one of the regular modes that is used quite rarely, because there must be serious reasons for this: in this case, this reason is the depressurization of the control system, ”he added.
Earlier, the head of the Roscosmos state corporation, Yuri Borisov, said that the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, whose radiator was previously damaged, would descend to Earth unmanned.
“Taking into account the analysis of the state of the ship, thermal calculations and technical documentation, it was concluded that the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft should descend in an unmanned version. In the event of particularly critical situations at the station, the possibility of using the ship to rescue the crew will be determined by a separate decision of the State Commission,” the head of the department said.
On December 15, it became known that the Soyuz MS-22 had a depressurization of the thermal control system. The exit of Russian cosmonauts into outer space was canceled.
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