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Docking and Rolling Fears Delay Soyuz and Progress Launches
Docking and Rolling Fears Delay Soyuz and Progress Launches

Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption, TASS “The launch has been rescheduled for July 7,” he said. “The crew is expected to come to Baikonur (the Russian space center located is Kazakhstan TASS) on June 24.” “Experts have established the ship will be rolling as it docks the ISS and they are unable to stop this rolling motion so far,” the source said.

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  • June 1, 2016
A Bad Day for Russia
A Bad Day for Russia

ISS Orbit Correction Failed, Sputnik News “Engines of the Progress M-26M cargo spacecraft, which is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS), did not start on time, and a planned correction of the ISS orbit could not be carried out, a source in the Russian Federal Space Agency said Saturday.” NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 18 May 2015 “A reboost of the International Space Station using the Russian Progress 58 […]

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  • May 16, 2015
Progress 53 Leaves Earth for ISS

Progress 53 Launched To The ISS (video) “The Russian Progress 53 cargo craft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 25, hauling almost three tons of food, fuel, supplies and holiday gifts to the International Space Station’s Expedition 38 crew. The unpiloted spacecraft will test upgraded automated rendezvous equipment at a distance of a mile from the complex on Nov. 27 before docking to the aft port […]

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  • November 25, 2013
Progress Docking Completed

Progress 51 Cargo Craft Docks to Space Station “The ISS Progress 51 cargo craft completed a two-day journey to the International Space Station when it was captured at the Zvezda service module on Friday at 8:25 a.m. EDT, the cargo craft completed a hard mate when the docking hooks were deployed at 8:34 a.m.” Umanned Russian spaceship suffers mishap on way to ISS, AFP “An unmanned Progress spaceship racing to […]

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  • April 26, 2013
Progress Launch Boosts Soyuz Confidence Level

Photo: Progress Reentry As Seen From The International Space Station @astro_aggie (Mike Fossum) “Enjoy this picture I took #fromspace of the Progress cargo ship burning up after undock on Saturday.” Successful Progress Launch Sets Stage for Soyuz Flight “The following is a statement from Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington, on Sunday’s launch of the Progress 45 spacecraft to the International Space […]

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  • October 30, 2011
Bolden's ISS Update

NASA Administrator’s Update on Space Station “There has been a lot in the news recently about the International Space Station (ISS) and our astronauts aboard this orbiting outpost, and I wanted to take a moment to give you an update. Last week, our Russian partners lost a Progress cargo vehicle during launch. The cargo lost, although important, can be replaced. All of us are focused on determining the cause of […]

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  • September 2, 2011
Sudden Self-doubt in Russia

Space Failures Raise Uneasy Questions, Moscow Times “The Progress failure triggered a wave of talk about how far the space program has fallen since legendary Soviet days. But Igor Lisov, an expert with the Novosti Kosmonavtiki magazine, said that despite the setbacks, “it’s too early to speak about the degradation” of Russia’s space industry. “Every accident has its cause, and they shouldn’t be generalized,” Lisov said in a telephone interview. […]

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  • August 30, 2011
Emptying The Space Station of Humans?

Space station could be at risk if crews are forced to leave temporarily, USA Today “NASA International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffred says evacuation is a distinct possibility in mid-November if Russian Soyuz rockets are not flying, writes Florida Today’s Todd Halvorson. Past NASA risk assessment shows a one in 10 chance of losing the station within six months if there is no crew aboard to handle critical system […]

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  • August 30, 2011
Progress Failure Prompts Call To Increase Commercial Space Spending

Rohrabacher Reacts to Russian Soyuz Launch Failure; Calls for Emergency Funding of Commercial Crew Systems “I am calling on General Bolden, the NASA Administrator, to propose an emergency transfer of funding from unobligated balances in other programs, including the Space Launch System, to NASA’s commercial crew initiative. Funding should be used to speed up the efforts of the four current industry partners to develop their systems and potentially expand the […]

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  • August 24, 2011
Progress Mission To ISS Fails

Russian space freighter fails to reach designated orbit, RIA Novosti “Russian space agency Roskosmos said the Progress M-12M space freighter failed to reach the designated orbit on Wednesday due to a rocket engine failure. A source in the Russian space industry earlier said the spacecraft had sent a breakdown report while separating from the Soyuz-U carrier rocket on Wednesday. The Mission Control was unable to receive any telemetry data from […]

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  • August 24, 2011