MOSCOW, July 6 – RIA Novosti. The situation with power on the International Space Station (ISS) with the arrival of the cargo ship “Progress-M28M” developed, “the sharpness shot”, told RIA Novosti on Monday, the academician Russian Academy of Astronautics (RAC) Tsiolkovsky Alexander Zheleznyakov.
space truck “Progress M-28M” nominally launched on carrier rocket “Soyuz-U” on Friday, July 3 and has successfully docked with the ISS on Sunday. Ship crew delivered about 2.4 thousand kilograms of cargo. Earlier, some media quoted sources said that the austerity of resources on the ISS will be extended at least until the arrival of a Japanese cargo ship, is expected in August.
“The severity of the situation is removed, is now replenished supplies, the crew is in possession of food, water and oxygen for a few months. We can say that the situation is getting better, and talk about the fact that some problems may arise for the crew, already it is not necessary “, – said Zhelezniakov.
He said that in August to the orbital station starts Japanese truck, and at the end of July on the ISS will go a manned spacecraft with a new crew, which also bring a bit of cargo. Thus, the goods will be delivered “in working order” and “starve” the crew will not have to.
Over the past two months there have been two accidents with space truck: April 28, has been lost due to the abnormal separation from the launch Russian TGC “Progress M-27M”, and on June 28 in the third minute flight exploded American Falcon 9 rocket, which was to deliver into orbit freighter Dragon. After the second state of emergency with the cosmic “wagon” Zheleznyakov RIA Novosti reported that the situation on the ISS after the loss of two space truck “slippery”, but not critical, it all depends on the success of future space launches cargo ships.
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