A couple of weeks ago, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying an unmanned Progress resupply capsule failed after launch. The event prompted the Russian Federal [COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Space [COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Agency[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] to ground all Soyuz rocket flights, including those scheduled to serve the [COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]International [COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Space [/COLOR][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Station[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]. Three astronauts are now stranded.
[COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]NASA[/COLOR][/COLOR] astronaut Ron Garan is among the ISS crew that will be forced to remain aboard the orbital lab for longer periods of time. This means that his stay will exceed the usual 5-and-a-half month duration for a rotation aboard the facility.
RosCosmos does not plan to restart Soyuz flights until it compiles a full analysis of the Progress 44 failure that occurred on August 24. The delivery system is the same as the one that carries the main Soyuz manned space capsule which delivers astronauts to low-[COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Earth [COLOR=#0054a6 !important]orbit[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] (LEO).
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[COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]NASA[/COLOR][/COLOR] astronaut Ron Garan is among the ISS crew that will be forced to remain aboard the orbital lab for longer periods of time. This means that his stay will exceed the usual 5-and-a-half month duration for a rotation aboard the facility.
RosCosmos does not plan to restart Soyuz flights until it compiles a full analysis of the Progress 44 failure that occurred on August 24. The delivery system is the same as the one that carries the main Soyuz manned space capsule which delivers astronauts to low-[COLOR=#0054a6 !important][COLOR=#0054a6 !important]Earth [COLOR=#0054a6 !important]orbit[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] (LEO).
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