The astronauts living on the International Space Station “ are safe on board the station and have enough supplies for the coming months,” the NASA after the failure of the launch of the Dragon capsule carrying two tons of supplies to the ISS.
“We are disappointed by the loss of the last resupply mission SpaceX to the International Space Station, “says manager NASA , Charles Bolden said in the letter. “ We will work closely with SpaceX to understand what happened, fix the problem and restart the mission,” he says.
It also indicates that a “Progress spacecraft is ready to fly on July 03, followed in August by a Japanese HTV flight. Orbital ATK, our other partner in commercial cargo, go ahead with the plans for launch later this year. ”
As for SpaceX , the company responsible for manufacturing the Dragon , the agency said it “has shown extraordinary ability in their first six cargo resupply missions to the station, and we know they can replicate that success. ”
Also, Bolden said “This is a reminder that spaceflight is an incredible challenge, but we learn from each success and each failure. The attempt to launch today will not deter us from proceguir with our ambitious program of manned space flight, “he concluded.
Meanwhile, the director EEI , Mike Suffredini, stressed that “not about if you stumble and fall, but what you do after you trip and fall that determines greatness. We clearly lost some significant material will have to be replaced, we will to move forward . with research on the ISS “
Source: Nasa
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