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Astronauts ‘In Good Shape’ As They Face Space Station Docking Delay
The Expedition 39/40 crew gives a thumbs-up during quarantine prior to their March 25, 2014 launch from Kazakhstan. From left: Steve Swanson (NASA), Alexander Skvortsov (Roscosmos) and Oleg Artemyev (Roscosmos). Credit: NASA
Despite a problem that held up last night’s International Space Station docking, the Expedition 39/40 crew is doing well as they execute a standard backup procedure to bring their Soyuz spacecraft to the station on Thursday, NASA said.
The crew was originally expected to dock with the station around 11 p.m. EDT (3 a.m. UTC), but an error with the spacecraft’s position in space prevented the engines from doing a third planned “burn” or firing to make that possible, NASA said in an update.
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Post tags: alexander skvortsov, expedition 39, expedition 40, koichi wakata, mikhail tyurin, oleg artemyev, Rick Mastracchio, Soyuz, steve swanson
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/110746/astronauts-in-good-shape-as-they-face-space-station-docking-delay/
