Stuck in the sky: ISS crew’s return to Earth delayed
Russia Today
The International Space Station crew will spend some 45 extra days in orbit after a space flight schedule was shifted. The next launch had to be delayed after a Soyuz capsule failed factory tests. The replacement for the ISS crew will now not travel to the station until mid-May, the head of the unmanned space exploration department at Roscosmos said on Thursday. “The launch of the Soyuz-TMA-04M spacecraft carrying the Expedition 31/31 members is scheduled for May 15, while the landing of the Soyuz-TMA-22 with the Expedition 29/30 members will be on April 30,” Aleksey Krasnov announced.
1st Private Spaceship Flight to Space Station May Slip to April: NASA
Denise Chow - Space.com
The launch of the first privately built spaceship to the International Space Station is targeted for late March, but will most likely lift off in early April, a top NASA space station official said Thursday. The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), was originally scheduled to launch on a demonstration flight to the orbiting complex on Feb. 7, but the company announced last month that more time is needed to prepare the vehicle for flight. The capsule will now launch no earlier than March 20, but a more precise date will be announced in the coming weeks, SpaceX and NASA officials have said.
SpaceX won't try to launch to International Space Station before March 20
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