Russia called off Spacewalk due to a Leak in International Space Station - in English & தமிழ்

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has called off a spacewalk by two cosmonauts at the International Space Station today after an apparent coolant leak on a Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule spewed coolant around its docking port on the orbiting lab.

The leak was first detected at 2:15 a.m. IST (00:45 Dec. 15 GMT) as cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were preparing to exit the space station for a 7-hour spacewalk outside the station. The Soyuz spacecraft launched to the space station on Sept. 21 to deliver the two cosmonauts and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the space station and was due to return to Earth size months later.

"The cause of this leak [is] not known at this time," NASA spokesperson Rob Navias said during live commentary. "Russian specialists are continuing to look at the data and discussing what may have triggered the leak."

ரஷ்யாவின் விண்வெளி நிறுவனமான ரோஸ்கோஸ்மோஸ் இன்று சர்வதேச விண்வெளி நிலையத்தில் இரண்டு விண்வெளி வீரர்களின் விண்வெளி நடைப்பயணத்தை நிறுத்தியது, சோயுஸ் MS-22 குழு கேப்ஸ்யூலில் வெளிப்படையான குளிரூட்டும் கசிவு, சர்வதேச விண்வெளி நிலையத்தில் அதன் Docking Port யை சுற்றி குளிரூட்டியை உமிழ்ந்தது.

கசிவு முதலில் இரவு 2:15 மணிக்கு கண்டறியப்பட்டது. விண்வெளி வீரர்களான செர்ஜி ப்ரோகோபியேவ் மற்றும் டிமிட்ரி பெட்லின் ஆகியோர் விண்வெளி நிலையத்திற்கு வெளியே 7 மணிநேர விண்வெளி நடைப்பயணத்திற்காக விண்வெளி நிலையத்திலிருந்து வெளியேறத் தயாராகிக் கொண்டிருந்தனர்.

இரண்டு ரஷ்ய விண்வெளி வீரர்களையும் நாசா விண்வெளி வீரர் ஃபிராங்க் ரூபியோவையும் விண்வெளி நிலையத்திற்கு அனுப்புவதற்காக சோயுஸ் விண்கலம் செப்டம்பர் 21 அன்று விண்வெளி நிலையத்திற்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டது, மேலும் ஆறு மாதங்களுக்குப் பிறகு பூமிக்குத் திரும்ப இருந்தது.

"இந்த கசிவுக்கான காரணம் தற்போது தெரியவில்லை" என்று நாசா செய்தித் தொடர்பாளர் ராப் நவியாஸ் நேரடி வர்ணனையின் போது கூறினார். "ரஷ்ய வல்லுநர்கள் தொடர்ந்து தரவுகளைப் பார்த்து, எது கசிவைத் தூண்டியிருக்கலாம் என்று விவாதித்து வருகின்றனர்." 

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