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Russian Ship to Supply International Space Station After Space X Explosion

 

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23:06 29.06.2015(updated 23:09 29.06.2015) Get short URL

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The Russian Ressuply ship will deliver more than three tons of food and fuel to the crew of ISS on Friday, a US National Aeronautics and Space Administration official blogger Mark Garcia acknowledged on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The International Space Station crew will be spared any risk of hardship because a regular Russian Progress supply mission will be launched to them on Friday, according to Garcia's blog.

"[A] Russian resupply ship is getting ready for its launch Friday at 12:55 am EDT (5:55 p.m. GMT)" Garcia wrote on his NASA blog. "The ISS Progress 60 will deliver more than three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the crew and dock to the Pirs docking compartment after a two-day ride."

On Sunday, a private sector Space X rocket exploded on an unmanned supply mission to the ISS shortly after being launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Space X Dragon cargo craft "was lost about 139 seconds after launch Sunday morning," Garcia noted.

The accident was the second loss of a private unmanned supply rocket in eight months.

However, Garcia acknowledged the ISS remained "well stocked with plenty of supplies and consumables through October."

The ISS is currently manned by a three-man crew, which consists of one American and two Russians — Commander Gennady Padalka and one-year crew members Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko.

The next crew, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineers Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui are scheduled to be launched in their mission to the space station on July 22, 2015, in a Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft, Garcia noted.

 

 

Russian Dominance in Space Continues After SpaceX Explosion – US Media / Sputnik International

Sputnik  13:55 29.06.2015

The Falcon 9 rocket exploded just three minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX rocket was carrying the Dragon cargo ship with supplies for the ISS. According to SpaceX founder Elon Musk, the explosion happened due to excess pressure in the liquid oxygen tank.

NATO contracted SpaceX for $1.6 billion to fly at least 12 unmanned re-supply missions to the ISS. The failed mission was an attempt to deliver a water purifier, as well as an extra docking port adapter, food, research data and one extra space suit.

Although astronauts at the space station have enough water and supplies to last for several months, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden described the explosion of the rocket as a "significant setback" to the re-supply program, Breitbart said.

Currently, the incident is under investigation to find out what went wrong with the CRS-7 Falcon 9 rocket. Until the investigation is complete SpaceX won't be able to fly missions to the ISS.

The next cargo delivery flight will be launched from the Baikanur station in Kazakhstan this Friday after Russian officials re-scheduled it from August 3 to July 3.

 

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