Russia on Saturday
cancelled a planned manned space launch expected in one week due to “technical
reasons,” giving no explanation or a new launch date.
“(Russian space agency)
Roscosmos has decided to move the launch of Soyuz MS-02 ship planned for
September 23 due to technical reasons after holding tests on the Baikonur
cosmodrome,” the agency said in a statement.
“The date of
the space launch will be announced later,” it said.
The next space crew to
blast off to the International Space Station includes American astronaut Shane
Kimbrough and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko.
The crew
is already in final training stages at the Russian Baikonur launchpad in
Kazakhstan and preparations had been proceeding on schedule, with NASA still
flagging the launch next Friday.
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