Russia: Launch of Next Crew to International Space Station Postponed
Posted on: Tuesday, 28 September 2004, 06:00 CDT
Text of report by Russian news agency ITAR-TASS
Moscow, 28 September: The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft, which was to take the crew of expedition 10 to the International Space Station (ISS), has again been postponed.
"The launch of the Soyuz TMA-5 has been postponed from 11 October until a few days later," spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Vyacheslav Davidenko told ITAR-TASS today.
He explained the change of date by "a malfunction in one of the spaceship's systems, revealed during tests at the Baykonur space site. The decision on the exact date of the launch will be taken in the next few days", Davidenko said.
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