Russia defers launch of missions to and from space station

29 Aug 2011

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Moscow: Russian news agencies have said the country's space agency will delay both the return of astronauts from the International Space Station and the launch of the next mission to the orbiting laboratory.

The announcement comes after last week's malfunction and crash of an unmanned supply ship to the space station. The Soyuz rocket sending the supply module into space malfunctioned about five minutes after launch and crashed back on earth.

The news agencies RIA Novosti, ITAR-Tass and Interfax on Monday quoted the head of Roscosmos's manned space operations, Alexei Krasnov, as saying the return of three astronauts from the ISS was being put off from 8 September to about the 16th, while the next launch to the space station, scheduled for 22 Sept. would be postponed till the end of October or early November.

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