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Progress MS-04 failure investigation prompts 3rd stage engine swaps

Progress MS-04 failure investigation prompts 3rd stage engine swaps

A Soyuz rocket launches out of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA

A Russian task force has determined the Dec. 1, 2016, Progress MS-04 failure was due to a fire in the oxidizer pump in the Soyuz carrier rocket’s third stage engine, the RD-0110. This caused the pump to fail and break apart. As a result the third stage engines on the next two Soyuz rockets are being replaced. (mo…

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small tank of the  Soyuz-U rocket which was going to joint the ISS and crashed over Russia, dec 01 2016, in Tuva area.

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Lost: Progress MS-04 cargo craft fails to reach orbit

Lost: Progress MS-04 cargo craft fails to reach orbit

Telemetry with the Progress MS-04 mission was lost 383 seconds into flight. Later reports confirmed the spacecraft did not achieve orbit. Image Credit: Roscosmos

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reported it lost the Progress MS-04 spacecraft that was delivering cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). Contact was lost with the spacecraft 383 seconds into the flight, as it was flying on…

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Unknown fate of Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft after in-flight anomaly

Unknown fate of Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft after in-flight anomaly

Soyuz-U / Progress MS-04 launch. Image Credit: Roscosmos TV

Loaded with crucial supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) crew, the Progress MS-04 has launched atop a Soyuz-U booster on what was supposed to be a two-day trek to the orbital outpost. The launch was carried out at exactly 14:52 GMT (9:52 a.m. EST) from the Site 1/5 (also known as “Gagarin’s Start”) at the Baikonur…

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Fourth Progress MS spacecraft to be launched to ISS

Fourth Progress MS spacecraft to be launched to ISS

A Soyuz-U rocket with the Progress MS-04 spacecraft being erected on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: RKK Energia.

The Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft is in final preparations for its upcoming flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, Dec. 1. The vehicle will be launched atop a Soyuz-U booster at 14:52 GMT (9:52 a.m. EST) from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur…

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