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April 6, 2023
Soyuz Crew Ship Undocks for Short Ride to New Port
Image above: The Soyuz MS-23 crew ship slowly backs away from the station carrying three Expedition 69 crewmates to a new docking port. Image Credit: NASA TV.
The Soyuz MS-23, with Expedition 69 crew members Frank Rubio of NASA, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin aboard, has undocked from the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the complex, and is on its way to redock to the Prichal module on the Earth-facing side of the outpost.
Crewmates Relocate Soyuz Crew Ship to New Docking Port
Image above: The Soyuz MS-23 crew ship with three Expedition 69 crewmates aboard is pictured shortly after docking to the Prichal docking module. Image Credit: NASA TV.
This was the 26th spacecraft relocation in space station history. The move makes room for the arrival of the uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 84 cargo spacecraft later this year and frees the Poisk airlock for the upcoming Roscosmos spacewalks in April and May.
Related article:
Expedition 69 Trio Preps for Soyuz Ride Around Station
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2023/04/expedition-69-trio-preps-for-soyuz-ride.html
Related links:
Expedition 69: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition69/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images (mentioned), Video, Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia/NASA TV/SciNews.
