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A queue of ships anchored and awaiting permission to pass through the Bosphorus from south to north stretched for many kilometers along the coast of the Marmara Sea in Istanbul.
According to RIA Novosti, in the Bosphorus Strait, the movement of ships was partially resumed from 17:40 after the ship was removed from the shallows.
The agency reports that shipping has been suspended for more than ten hours. Vessel traffic from south to north is currently still prohibited.
According to the agency, ships lined up to pass through the Bosphorus along the coast of the Sea of Marmara in a string of at least 45 kilometers. More than 75 vessels are reported, including at least 35 oil tankers.
Earlier, a ship en route from Ukraine ran aground in the Bosphorus Strait. As a result of the incident, traffic along the strait was stopped.
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted to create ballistic conditions for the undocking of the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft and the docking of the Soyuz MS-23 replacement vehicle, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced on Wednesday.
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According to preliminary data, the space station’s average orbital altitude increased by 1.6 km to 417.1 km above Earth’s surface. The adjustment maneuver was carried out by firing the thrusters of the Progress MS-20 resupply ship attached to the orbital outpost. The thrusters were activated at 5:57 p.m. Moscow time for 591.4 seconds, Roscosmos said.
The launch of the crewless Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft is scheduled for February 20, 2023.
Currently, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev, Dmitry Petelin who is also a TASS special reporter in space and Anna Kikina, NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, Frank Rubio and Nicole Mann and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata are working aboard the orbital outpost.