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Russia Postpones ISS Crew Rotations Following Progress Freighter Failure
The International Space Station as seen by the departing STS-134 crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour in May 2011. Credit: NASA
Russia and its International Space Station (ISS) partners have prudently decided to postpone the scheduled upcoming crew rotations, involving departures and launches of station crews, in the wake of the failure of the Russian Progress 59 freighter that spun out of control soon after blastoff on April 28 and was destroyed during an uncontrolled plummet back to Earth on Friday, May 8.
The schedule shifting, whose possibility was reported here over the weekend and confirmed on Tuesday, May 12 by NASA and Roscosmos, literally came barely a day before the planned return to Earth on (…)
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Post tags: cargo resupply, esa, expedition 43, ISS, NASA, Progress 59, Roscosmos, samantha cristoforetti, Scott Kelly, soyuz capsule, Soyuz rocket, Space Station, terry virts
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/120266/russia-postpones-iss-crew-rotations-following-progress-freighter-failure/
