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ISS Crew Stuck In Orbit While Russia Assesses Rocket
astroengine sends word that the astronauts aboard the International Space Station will be staying up there longer than expected while engineers for Russia's space program try to figure out if it's safe to launch more rockets. The recent Russian cargo mission that spun out of control and eventually fell back into the atmosphere sparked worries that a vessel sent to retrieve the astronauts wouldn't make it all the way to the ISS's orbit. Roscosmos and NASA said the next rocket launch will be postponed at least two months. Even though the Russian cargo ship failed to reach the ISS, they have plenty of food, water, and air to last them to the next scheduled supply run — a SpaceX launch in late June.
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Maybe the Shuttle needed to be removed from service but not until we had something better to use... we have no way to get these people down other than to bow to a country that is invading its neighbors with high powered weapons and killing them.... Its like junking your car because it pollutes and then being forced to walk 50 miles to work.. this administration is a bunch of complete screw ups .. every thing they touch catches on fire.. and its not just the astronauts .. the shuttle is used to service satellites so we have no way to service our military satellites .. real smart