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Moscow (AFP) March 21, 2011 Russia said Friday it had solved the problem that caused it to delay the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station and would proceed with the mission on April 5. The Soyuz launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is of huge importance to Russia as it comes ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12. But the March 30 lift-off had to be delayed because of a glitch with the Soyuz capsule's switching system that allows the crew to communicate with ground control. The Russian Federal Space Agency said in a statement that it had replaced the faulty part with a fully functioning system, which was not being tested for the final time. "A decision has been reached of continuing to prepare the craft for a April 5 launch," the agency statement said. Russia named the March 30 mission in honour of Gagarin, the pioneering cosmonaut whose historic space flight at the height of the Cold War is still feted as one of the country's most important achievements. The mission will include the Russians Alexander Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko as well as NASA astronaut Ronald Garan.
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Europe agrees to space station extensionParis (UPI) Mar 17, 2011 Europe has formally endorsed the extension of operations at the International Space Station until 2020 and put the required financing in place, officials said. Member states of the European Space Agency made the decision at a two-day meeting of the European Space Agency at ESA headquarters in Paris, the BBC reported Thursday. Europe is an 8 percent partner in the ISS project with ... read more |
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