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MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship on Friday failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station (ISS) after flying past the facility in a rare mishap, mission control said.
The Progress M-06M cargo ship, launched on June 30, is carrying 2.6 tonnes of fuel, food and water for the six astronauts on the station. Failure of automatic docking systems is known but a complete docking failure is very rare.
"The docking was scheduled at 20:58 Moscow time (1658 GMT)," a spokeswoman for mission control told AFP.
"The cargo ship passed the station, at a safe distance. It could be said that it missed. Now the vessel is 3.0 kilometres (1.8 miles) from the station. Our specialists are monitoring the situation."
On the stream I watched earlier, they said they were planning on attempting it again in 48 hours.
Aah, I see! I hope the cargo vessel doesn't cause any damage! Thanks for the information.
Kind regards
Originally posted by GW8UK
How can something that has no weight cause damage?
Originally posted by GW8UK
Aah, I see! I hope the cargo vessel doesn't cause any damage! Thanks for the information.
Kind regards
How can something that has no weight cause damage?