International
Sunday June 28, 2015
Even the reason
unknown
Private space capsule “Dragon” Sunday exploded a few minutes later taking off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). “Missed something at launch,” wrote the US space agency NASA on Twitter.
The unmanned spacecraft was destroyed. appeared “irregularity” to be investigated, wrote the responsible firm SpaceX on Twitter without elaborating. For this afternoon, NASA announced a press conference.
The explosion is a blow to NASA and SpaceX. The “Dragon” was carrying 2,000 kilograms of supplies and scientists to the three astronauts currently stationed at the ISS equipment. It was the seventh supply freighter flight to the station. On previous trips there were minor problems but always the mission was accomplished.
In late October the “Cygnus”, another ferry unmanned developed by Orbital signature Sciences, also exploded during takeoff to the ISS.
The ISS received supplies last April through the capsule “Dragon”. NASA did not say so far whether this represents a problem for the supply of astronauts. In general, the ISS is usually stocked with several emergency rations. “I watched the launch from space,” wrote the American astronaut Scott Kelly from the ISS. “Sadly went wrong. The work in space is difficult.”
An employee of the Russian space navigation would not give his name spoke of a serious loss. On board were spacesuits for US astronauts and important tools, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
Russia sent to the provision of crew members one Progress spacecraft to the ISS.
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