Soyus failure update

Soyus failure update
Posted on December 24, 2011 by Bob
 Update : Credit -Florida Today
“The Russian Soyuz 2.1b booster that was lost has a different third stage than the Soyuz boosters used for launching Progress cargo vehicles or Soyuz capsules,” said James Hartsfield, a spokesman for NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
 
“This mishap is unlikely to have any effect on operations to the International Space Station because of the major differences between the two engines.”