BRENT: Russia will again try to make contact with an unmanned cargo ship after communications were lost following the spacecraft’s launch toward the International Space Station.
The Progress capsule is circling the Earth in radio silence, carrying three tons of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the ISS.
None of the equipment on board was critical for the US segment of the ISS, and the astronauts have plenty of provisions, enough to last for months, officials at Nasa said.
But if contact cannot be made, it could be just days before the Progress capsule runs out of fuel and starts an uncontrolled descent back into the atmosphere.
“Russian flight controllers plan for another attempt to communicate with a cargo resupply spacecraft bound for the station. The next attempt to link with the spacecraft comes at 8:50 pm EDT Tuesday,” Nasa officials said.
During the spacecraft’s first four orbits, Russian flight control teams tried to make contact but were unsuccessful.
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