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Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The Russian space agency said it has suspended all Soyuz shipping departures until investigations are carried out of a problem that led to an emergency landing this week. Roscosos made the announcement the day after American astronaut Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchini returned safely to Earth after their flight was [...]
The Russian space agency said it has suspended all Soyuz shipping departures until investigations are carried out of a problem that led to an emergency landing this week.
Roscosmos made the announcement the day after the American astronaut, Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchini returned safely to Earth after their flight was interrupted after leaving the Bayconur facility in Kazakhstan a day earlier.
The agency said the emergency was caused by a first and second phase impact of the space shuttle.
Sergei Crickalyov, the cosmonaut leading the flight programme in Roskosmos, said the next mission towards the International Space Station is scheduled for December. “We still account on that date”, he said.
But, of course, all will depend on the results of the probe”, Crickalov added.
Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said in a tweet that space authorities plan to launch Ovchini and Hague in space in the spring of 2019.
“They will definitely fly”, Rogozin said.
