Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 28, 2015 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Antenna snag strikes Progress cargo freighter Russian ground controllers decided Tuesday to delay the docking of a Progress supply freighter to the International Space Station until Thursday after telemetry signals indicated two radar navigation antennas may not have deployed following the ship’s launch from Kazakhstan.Bolted to the top of a Soyuz rocket, the Progress M-27M cargo craft lifted off at 0709:50 GMT (3:09 a.m. EDT). Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 28, 2015 Author #2 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Russians scramble to restore cargo ship communications A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station apparently spun out of control shortly after reaching orbit Tuesday, putting the resupply mission in jeopardy while flight controllers scrambled to come up with a fix.The station’s six-member crew was not in any danger and nothing critical to lab operations was on board the Progress. But the loss of more than 6,000 pounds of supplies, if it comes to that, would cut into the lab’s on-board reserves, already an issue of sorts because of the failure of a U.S. cargo ship last October. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 29, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Russia gives up on Progress supply ship docking Russian flight controllers have given up attempting to salvage a Progress cargo ship loaded with 3 tons of supplies and equipment intended for the International Space Station. Astronaut Scott Kelly, on board the lab for a year-long mission, said Wednesday the Progress will not be docking and instead will plunge back into the atmosphere.In an interview with The Associated Press, Kelly said the crew was told the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos had determined “the Progress will not be docking and will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere here some days in the future, to be determined. But this Progress is not coming to the space station.” Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted April 30, 2015 #4 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Apparently, the next delivery to the ISS is planned for June 19 by SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship. Authorities believe it may stay in orbit for several days before crashing to earth."It has started descending. It has nowhere else to go," an official familiar with the situation said on condition of anonymity. ~* The last report I heard this evening though - was they expect the cargo spacecraft to burn up before it enters earths atmosphere *~ I hope they are right. http://www.9news.com...-earth-official Edited April 30, 2015 by Astra- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 30, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted April 30, 2015 ~* The last report I heard this evening though - was they expect the cargo spacecraft to burn up before it enters earths atmosphere *~ It won't burn up before it hits the atmosphere. Re-entering the atmosphere is what will cause it to burn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra. Posted April 30, 2015 #6 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It won't burn up before it hits the atmosphere. Re-entering the atmosphere is what will cause it to burn up. Yes, I know that Waspie....it was a slip up.....and to late to edit.I knew you'd catch me out on that one.... 'damit' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 30, 2015 Author #7 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Progress failure probe narrows in on separation from rocket Something went wrong with a Russian Progress resupply mission moments before the spacecraft deployed into orbit Tuesday on the way to the International Space Station, and investigators are analyzing whether the stricken supply ship may have lost control after a botched separation from its Soyuz rocket booster.Officials from the Russian space agency, or Roscosmos, gave up hopes of salvaging the Progress M-27M spacecraft Wednesday, writing off the possibility of continuing the mission to deliver more than three tons of supplies to the space station. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 6, 2015 Author #8 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Russian spacecraft 'to fall back to Earth on Friday' A Russian spacecraft that has been out of control since launching last week will fall back to Earth and burn up on Friday, scientists say.The unmanned cargo ship was launched from Kazakhstan last Tuesday, but contact was lost with it soon afterwards. The spacecraft, carrying three tonnes of equipment, will disintegrate as it enters Earth's atmosphere. Read more... Edited May 8, 2015 by Waspie_Dwarf corrected source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 8, 2015 Author #9 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Rogue Russian spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere The Russian space agency says that its out-of-control spacecraft has burnt up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.Re-entry was over the Pacific, it said, and only a few fragments were expected to hit the sea. The unmanned cargo ship was launched from Kazakhstan on 28 April, but control was lost soon afterwards. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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