Russia to launch new capsule to return space station crew

A Soyuz capsule of the International Space Station (Sergei Korsakov, Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP, File)

Russian space corporation Roscosmos has said it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station’s crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant.

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and Nasa astronaut Frank Rubio arrived at the station in September on board a Soyuz MS-22 and planned to use the capsule to return to Earth.