Fwd: NASA to Work With ISS Cargo Mission Partners Despite US Rocket Crash

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From: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson144@comcast.net>
Date: October 30, 2014 11:50:52 AM EDT
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Subject: FW: NASA to Work With ISS Cargo Mission Partners Despite US Rocket Crash

 

 

NASA to Work With ISS Cargo Mission Partners Despite US Rocket Crash: Spokesperson

NASA will continue collaboration with its International Space Station (ISS) program partners on cargo resupply missions, despite the crash of the rocket Antares rocket in Virginia.

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05:20 30/10/2014

 

WASHINGTON, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will continue working with its International Space Station (ISS) program partners on cargo resupply missions, despite the crash of the supply rocket Antares in Virginia, a NASA spokesperson Stephanie Schierholz told RIA Novosti.

"We will continue to move forward toward the next attempt once we fully understand today's mishap," Schierholz said Wednesday.

"The International Space Station program partners regularly meet and discuss anything and everything related to the Station," she added.

Russia launched its resupply spacecraft Progress a few hours after the crash of Antares to provide cargo meant for the ISS crew, Schierholz said.

Progress is one of the several Russian supply spacecrafts that delivers cargo to the ISS throughout the year.

"NASA and its partners have an integrated schedule of cargo resupply to the space station," Schierholz said.

On Tuesday, the Antares spacecraft, that was carrying cargo to the ISS, crashed only six seconds after launching from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

A special commission has been set up in the United States to investigate the cause of the explosion, according to NASA.

© 2014 RIA Novosti

 

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