NASA to Provide ISS Update Monday
Mike Sufferdini, NASA’s program manager for the International Space Station (ISS) program, will provide an ISS update on Monday and discuss the impact of the launch failure of Russia’s Progress cargo spacecraft last week.
The briefing will be at 10:00 am EDT (9:00 am CDT). It will be broadcast on NASA TV.
The launch failure is of concern not only because the cargo that was intended for ISS was lost, but because the Soyuz launch vehicle that failed is also used for launching crews to the ISS on Soyuz spacecraft. Sufferdini’s press conference will address the status of Russia’s investigation of the accident.
Politicians on both sides of the debate over the future of the U.S. human spaceflight program have used the Progress launch failure to press their respective cases.
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