Russian Cargo Ship Successfully Makes Orbit, Will Supply ISS

An anonymous reader writes: Early this morning, a Russian Soyuz rocket successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The rocket carried a Progress capsule containing 2,700kg of supplies for the International Space Station. It's a much-needed victory after a series of launch failures that saw ISS resupply missions from Orbital ATK, Russia, and SpaceX end in failure. "The station, a joint project involving 15 nations which is staffed by a crew of six astronauts and cosmonauts, currently has a four-month supply of food and water, NASA said. The arrival of the Russian cargo ship, and the planned launch of a Japanese HTV freighter in August, should replenish the station's pantries through the end of the year, NASA said. Friday's successful launch clears the way for three new crew members to fly to the station later this month."

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The Apollo Engine

[sparlare]

What happened to the Apollo engine? Couldn't that be re-built and used by the U.S.A.?

Re:The Apollo Engine

[Anonymous Coward]

WHICH one? The ones used on the Saturn V? The Saturn V has the F-1, and J-2. Which do you want to use? The ones use on the landing module? It had two, one to land, one to go back up. The ones use on the orbiting capsule? That's the AJ10-137.

Which do you want to use? How do you want to use it?