Update About The Progress Cargo Vehicle Failure: August 27, 2011

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It’s been kind of a crazy week everywhere for pretty much everyone, so I am going to keep this post short and sweet. According to Spaceflight Now, a NASA official has said this last week’s Progress launch vehicle failure may cause the International Space Station to be unmanned by year’s end. NASA was relying on Soyuz spacecraft to ferry astronauts back and forth to the ISS. This failure comes at a particularly unfortunate time due to the very recent end of the shuttle program.
Obviously and understandably, Russia’s space program would like to take their time to work out their launch vehicle issues before they place people inside their capsules (and trust me, I am behind that 100%). Also, re-starting spaceflights in winter is kind of a bad idea, because winter conditions in Russia = nightmarish recoveries of landed Soyuz capsules.

NASA is holding a press conference Monday, August 29th at 10:00 AM EDT to discuss their options following the Russian launch vehicle failure. Let’s try our best to be positive through this difficult time for manned spaceflight. Also, if you’re in Hurricane Irene’s path, stay safe out there.


Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This Space Available space blog, published since 2010. In January 2019, Emily’s This Space Available blog was incorporated into the National Space Society’s blog. The content of Emily’s blog can be accessed via the This Space Available blog category.

Note: The views expressed in This Space Available are those of the author and should not be considered as representing the positions or views of the National Space Society.

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  1. oh no, the situation seems worse than I thought. I thought the ISS being deserted was only the worst case scenario, but it seems more likely than that.
    I really hope this won't put a brake on manned space explorations.

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