Operation to correct Space Station orbit fails
An attempt by scientists to raise the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by some 10 kilometers (six miles) failed on Wednesday, Russian space officials said.
A number of the engines of the Progress M-54 cargo ship, which was supposed to lift the ISS, shut down shortly after the start of the manoeuvre, an official at Russia's mission control centre was quoted by the RIA-Novosti news agency as saying.
"At roughly the 170th second of the operation, several engines shut down by themselves... the orbit correction was suspended and experts are now examining the reasons," the official said.
Officials are trying to establish what went wrong before attempting to re-start the operation, the official said.
posted by Fergie @ 10/19/2005 05:49:00 AM
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