Russian Cargo Mission To ISS Spinning Out of Control

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:56AM from the how-not-to-order-pizza-for-the-ISS dept.

quippe writes: Many sources report that a Russian spacecraft, launched successfully (video) from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier Tuesday, is in big trouble now after having a glitch shortly after liftoff. There is a video on YouTube (credit: NASA) of the space ship spinning out of control. Recovery attempts haven't gone well so far, but they will continue. If they can't regain control, the ship will likely burn up when it falls back into the atmosphere. Current speculation points to greater-than-expected lift by the third-stage, because the apogee is 20km higher than planned. The ship does not seem to pose a threat to the ISS at the moment.

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Solution... by msauve · 2015-04-29 01:14 · Score: 5, Funny

They need to get some politicians involved. They're good at spin control.

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Re:I's horrible by Rei · 2015-04-29 03:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Crimea river.

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