On May 14, the land had to return the crew of Terry Vertsa, Anton Shkaplerova and Samantha Kristoforetti. Today, however, the Russian Space Agency decided to keep the astronauts in orbit for at least another month.
As explained by the head of the ISS on the Russian side, Vladimir Solovyov, this is not due to the fact that there is a claim to the technical condition of the “Soyuz” in which they must return. Just in orbit in the near future will be a lack of workers.
The fact that the change to the three astronauts as it was planned in advance, in May, will not come. In the best case, the completion of the ISS crew will be held in late July. This is due to the fact that until now the causes of the accident cargo spacecraft “Progress-M27M” unclear. It is known that 516 minutes of flight the rocket “Soyuz” explosion occurred, resulting in the “Progress” was damaged and was 40 kilometers above the calculated orbit. And the third stage of the rocket – 20 kilometers below. Now, a working group, which until May 22, is to determine what actually happened to the rocket.
As I explained the chairman of the state commission investigating the crash of the cargo ship, Alexander Ivanov, to determine the causes of the disaster launches missiles ” Union “will be suspended. This applies to the manned program, and starts in the interest of the Ministry of Defence, which are usually carried out from Plesetsk. Most likely, the next “Progress” will be launched in mid-July, and only after it safely dock with the ISS will decide on the start of the International Space Station next crew.
While it is clear that at least six weeks Gennady Padalka, Michael Kornienko and Scott Kelly will be on the international space station three, after they did leave the crew Verts-Shkaplerov-Kristoferetti.
The accident “Progress” – the second in the history of Russian cosmonautics. In 2011, the accident occurred with the ship “Progress-M27M.” I asked Alexander Ivanov, whether there is a similarity in both accidents. Specialist categorically denied the existence of any resemblance.
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