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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International Space Station blasted off flawlessly from Russia's launch facility in Kazakhstan. Spacecraft takes Russian, American and Dutchman to space station.
link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/8970717/Soyuz-spacecraft-blasts-off-carrying-new-crew-members-to-the-space-station.html?image=1A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International... more
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Cargo ship crashes on way to ISS
Posted by Paul Sutherland on August 24th, 2011
An unmanned spacecraft carrying supplies for astronauts on the international space station crashed today after a disastrous launch.
PHOTO: A Progress spacecraft in orbit (NASA)
The Progress M-12M freighter plunged to Earth in eastern Russia after a rocket engine shut down too soon and its third stage failed to separate. It hit the ground and exploded, reportedly shaking windows 100 km away.
The craft was carrying three tons of food, water and other essentials for astronauts aboard the orbiting outpost. Russian officials called up the space station’s six crew to tell them of the failure.
NASA say the astronauts have enough food, water and oxygen to last them for several months. But the Progress – the 44th launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan – would also have been used to lift the station in its orbit if necessary.
The failure, five minutes 20 seconds after lift-off, is the first in Russia’s many years of launching Progress since 1978. It highlights the risks that NASA faces now that it has retired the space shuttle and relies on Russia to launch missions into orbit.
The next US spacecraft, whether built by NASA or a private enterprise, will not be ready to launch on missions for many months at least, if not years. Astronauts going to the space station now have to be launched by Russian rocket but in a separate craft called a Soyuz.
One senior NASA space scientist told Skymania News: “Thank goodness this failed Russian rocket was launching an unmanned ship and not a Soyuz full of astronauts.”
NASA’s International Space Station manager Mike Suffredini told a news conference tonight that the Progress craft shut down an engine before the third stage was ignited due to an anomaly.
He warned that the accident might have implications for the next crewed Soyuz launch, scheduled for September 22 from Kazakhstan, as they share similar rocket booster designs.
Suffredini said the space station could go several months without a resupply vehicle if necessary. Another Progress that was due to launch in late October could be brought forward and a Soyuz “lifeboat” currently attached to the space station could bring three of the six astronauts home.
A European robotic supply ship, its third Automated Transfer Venicle (ATV) called Edoardo Amaldi, is not due to launch to the space station from Kourou, French Guiana, until March. But Suffredini said the station had supplies that could see astronauts through to then.
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Cargo ship crashes on way to ISS
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On September 22, 2010, with the departure of the Expedition 23 crew, Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock assumed command of the International Space Station and the Expedition 25 crew. He is also known as @Astro_Wheels on twitter, where he has been tweeting pictures to his followers since he arrived at the space station. The images bring breathtaking views from our only off planet Vista point. The captions are all his own words. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/submit-an-article/13903-expedition-25-nasaOn September 22, 2010, with the departure of the Expedition 23 crew, Colonel Douglas... more
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There are a few launches that we have not yet covered from this last week... So lets take a look. First up we have the Chinese Shijian 12 research satellite that was launched aboard a Long March 2d. There is not a whole log of footage from this launch, but here's what we could find.
Not a lot is known about the Shijian or "Practice" 12 satellite other than it is a research bird. The launch took place at 1:31 UTC from the ;Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 14th, 2010.
Next up we have Prisma and Picard launched aboard a Dnepr, which is a decommissioned ICBM.
The Primsa demonstration mission is a Swedish payload that will test new inexpensive technologies for rendezvous in space. The Picard payload is a French satellite that will be studying the Sun. THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS! See what I did there? Little Star Trek reference? Nevermind. This launch took place on June 15th at 14:42 UTC from Russia.
Who could forget the Human Space Flight that also happend on June 15th at 21:35 UTC with Expedition 24/25 aboard a Soyuz Rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome?
And why is it that Russia can have a camera INSIDE of the spacecraft but NASA can't? The crew has already docked with the ISS and for those who like to know about the firsts, this will be the first time Station has seen two women on a long duration mission, although not the first time two women on station.There are a few launches that we have not yet covered from this last week... So lets... more
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It seems that we will be seeing a larger number and more frequent space tourists even sooner than most of us had previously thought. According to a Russian official who is connected to the Space Adventures Company, space tourists by the fist full should be going up in Soyuz spacecraft as soon as early 2012.It seems that we will be seeing a larger number and more frequent space tourists even... more
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Three astronauts have boarded a Soyuz capsule and are preparing to head for the international space station on a milestone mission to expand its crew. The Soyuz craft will spend two days soaring through space before hooking up with the orbiting station.Three astronauts have boarded a Soyuz capsule and are preparing to head for the... more
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Photographs from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Sunday, October 12, 2008.Photographs from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Sunday, October... more
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