Coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-23 vehicle docked to ISS

[gary]

Coolant leak on the Soyuz MS-23 vehicle docked to ISS, visibly venting into space.

This vehicle docked with the ISS in September. A planned spacewalk for today was cancelled.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoo gle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/12/15/spacewalk-canceled-after-coolant-leak-from-russian-soyuz-spacecraft/

[gary]

Here is a replay of the coolant leak for those that missed it :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgaJldMa3MY

[gary]

It might be interesting to try and observe one of the ISS passes tonight to see if the plume of the leak can be captured visually.

[gary]

Story here :-
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/15/unexplained-leak-from-soyuz-spacecraft-forces-russia-to-abort-iss-spacewalk-mission

[glend]

Here is the story about the beautiful urine dump observed from the shuttle.

https://youtu.be/HZdfe1UfAzo

[gary]

Apollo crew would refer to it as "watching the fireworks".