Russia targets Dec 3 date for first manned ISS launch after accident


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| 2018/10/31 | 420 words | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | SPACE

Russia hopes to launch three crew for the International Space Station on December 3, the first manned blast-off since an accident this month, the Roscosmos space agency said Wednesday.Russia, the only country able to ferry astronauts to the orbiting science lab, suspended all launches after a rocket failed on October 11 just minutes after blast-off -- the first such incident in the history of post-Soviet space travel.Roscosmos executive director Sergei Krikalyov told the RIA Novosti state ne...(…)

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