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Bad weather delays Russian Progress M spacecraft launch

Baikonur, Russia - It was to reach ISS with supplies for station crew

Today, for the first time in history the launch of a Russian spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) has been postponed due to bad weather conditions. "The launch of the Progress M-07M spacecraft, which was scheduled for 03:11 p.m. Moscow time (1111 GMT) today has been moved to Sept. 10", said a source from the Kazakh Baikonur space center as quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency. The...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1120504
Rome, Italy, 09/08/2010 18:21
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