Russia launches resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space Station has been lost.
Russia launches a resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space station. The Russia space agency Roscosmos confirmed that the ship has been lost.
Progress cargo resupply spacecraft bound for the International Space Station was launched on Thursday, December 1, 2016.
The spacecraft was riding a Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome site in Kazakhstan. However, the Progress ship stopped communicating, minutes after it was launched in space.
An anomaly occurred sometime during the third stage operation.
According to a report of NASA, the resupply ship lost its communication to the agency after issues cropped up during its trip into space.
Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency said that the Russian mission controllers stopped receiving messages from the cargo ship around six and a half minutes into its flight.
Because of this, the Russians have formed a State Commission and are the source for details on the specific failure cause.
The cargo was packed with the supplieswhich are replceable and not critical for the United States Operating Segment (USOS) of the station.
Among the U.S. supplies on board were spare parts for the station’s environmental control and life support system, research hardware, crew supplies and crew clothing, all of which are replaceable.
Reports confirmed to the media that six crew members living aboard the space station are safe and have been informed of the mission’s status.
Both the Russian and U.S. segments of the station continue to operate normally with onboard supplies at good levels.
Furthermore, Roscomos said the incident will not affect the normal operation of the ISS systems and space station crew.
Reports said, the next mission scheduled to deliver cargo to the station is on Friday, December 9, 2016.
An H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-6 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was scheduled for the next mission.
