Soyuz MS-22 is expected to return to Earth in an uncrewed configuration following a micrometeoroid strike on the spacecraft’s cooling system, causing all the coolant to leak out.

The spacecraft brought Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, as well as NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, to the International Space Station for what was originally to be a six-month stay aboard the outpost.

Following the coolant leak, Roscosmos officials decided to launch Soyuz MS-23 to the ISS without a crew aboard in order to replace Soyuz MS-22. Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio will return to Earth in the new spacecraft sometime later in 2023, likely around late-summer.