Russian Supply Ship Fails to Reach International Space Station

Russian Supply Ship Fails to Reach International Space Station

Moscow - The unmanned supply ship sent by Russia with the mission of reaching the International Space Station has miserably failed to even reach at its orbit as planned. A Russian news agency did not specify if the supply ship got entirely lost after it was launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday. The Russian news agency currently chose not to further give comments regarding the issue.

The ship failed 325 seconds after its launch as stated in the report. The Russian supply ship will be transmitting 2.5 tons of food, oxygen and fuel supplies if only it was able to reach the International Space Station. Russia is the only remaining nation in the world with the means and ability to carry supplies to the International Space Station after the United States of America decided to end their space programs and missions just this summer.

6 astronauts are currently boarding the International Space Station including 3 Russians, 2 Americans and 1 Japanese. They are Alexander Samokuyayev, Andrei Borisenko and Sergei Volkov of Russia, Ronald Garan and Michael Fossum of the United States of America, and Japanese Satoshi Furukawa. The International Space Station orbits 220 miles (350 kilometers) above the planet earth. The loss was not critical as cited by Sergei Puzanov, a Russian analyst for space missions, because the International Space Station has supplies aboard that is good for 2 to 3 months.

Posted by James Fried on Thursday August 25 2011, 3:02 AM EDT. Ref: Yahoo. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0