Let us use Russians instead of Shuttle, pleads Griffin Russian engineers believe they have rectified snags which have seen Soyuz spacecraft returning from orbit take up dangerous "ballistic" trajectories recently. The Soyuz is likely to be the only craft... ...full story at the register (uk)
from the register (uk) on Tue, Sep 23 2008
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Soyuz Ballistic Re-entry 300 Miles Off Course » slashdot call-me-kenneth writes "Soyuz TMA-11, carrying a crew of three returning from the ISS, unexpectedly followed a high-G ballistic re-entry trajectory and ended up landing 300 miles off-course. The crew, including Commander Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri... |
| 21 Apr 08 |
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Korean astronaut recounts 'ballistic' Soyuz re-entry » the register (uk) 'At first I was scared', admits Yi So-Yeon Korean astronaut Yi So-Yeon has recounted the "ballistic" re-entry of the ISS Mission 16 Soyuz capsule on Saturday which, due to a technical hitch, "exposed the crew to twice the usual gravitational forces", put... |
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Further Details From Soyuz Mishap » slashdot fyc brings us some information from Universe Today about what happened to Soyuz TMA-11 when it re-entered the atmosphere late last week. Reports indicate that a failure of explosive bolts to separate the Soyuz modules delayed the re-entry and oriented the... |
| 19 Aug 08 |
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NASA to brief on manned spaceship 'concerns' » the register (uk) Shuttle/Soyuz replacement looking peaky? NASA will map the future of manned spacecraft later today, following long-running rumours of possible delays to the programme and increasing worries of over-reliance on Russian technology to support the... |
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Will Iran help doom $100B space station? » digg A little-known law intended to prevent the sale of nuclear technology to Iran would also bar NASA from buying Russian Soyuz spacecraft after 2011. With the space shuttle slated to retire in 2010 and its replacement not scheduled to fly before 2015, the... |
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