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Federal Space Agency indicates that at 18:32 was conducted routine testing of radio rendezvous and docking of the ISS and” Soyuz “. “Start the engine abnormal” Union “, which led to a slight change in the position of the ISS. Taken the necessary measures to stabilize the ISS, “- said the press service of the department.
The representative of the Russian Space Agency said that” the threat to the crew of the ISS, the station and the staff returned the “Soyuz TMA-15M” on Earth there ” .
“Soyuz TMA-15M” has arrived to the ISS in December last year. He delivered to the station Russian Anton Shkaplerova, Samantha Kristoforetti Italian and American Terry Vertsa.
The ship must return Shkaplerova, Kristoforetti Vertsa and 11 June. It is assumed that they should land near the Kazakh city Dzhezkagan.
April 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” the ship “Progress”. After separation of the third stage, the truck stopped coming telemetry. “Progress” was not able to enter the calculated orbit. In late April, the Federal Space Agency acknowledged the loss of “progress”. The accident affected the timetable for the return of astronauts.
May 16 carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the Mexican satellite MexSat-1 fell into the Trans-Baikal region shortly after the launch.
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