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A camera on the International Space Station shows a coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft on Dec. 14, 2022.

Russia is looking into the possibility of manufacturing a defect in a leaking spacecraft

Russia is examining the possibility that a manufacturing defect caused two of its spacecraft to leak coolant within the recent two months.

On December 14, 2022, a spacecraft carrying a crewed Soyuz on the International Space Station (ISS) lost all of its coolant to space, a problem that Russian officials soon attributed to a possible micrometeor strike.