NASA’s deputy space station program manager, Dana Weigel, said that the Russians are continuing to investigate both spacecraft leaks. And are looking at everything to prevent this in the future.
NASA has a fresh crew of four launching atop a SpaceX rocket early Monday morning. They will take off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX’s William Gerstenmaier said that the four astronauts returning to Earth in a few weeks have already inspected the Dragon capsule that will carry them home, and “it all checked out fine.”
The successful launch of the rescue Soyuz capsule brings relief to the stranded space travelers. The cosmonauts and the astronaut can now return home safely.
The investigation into the leaks on both spacecraft continues. And the damaged Soyuz capsule will undergo an examination by engineers on Earth.
