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Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home after capsule leak

Russia’s space agency said it is considering a “rescue” plan to send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three crew members ahead of schedule after their Soyuz capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked at the orbiting outpost. Last week, Sergei Krikalev, Russia’s Chief of Crewed Space Programs, said the leak could have been caused by a micrometeoroid strike.