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Expect another investigation as to why the Soyuz comms were lost for a whole 15 minutes at a critical point in last nights return flight from the ISS.
This is already spurring renewed calls to increase funding for NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) so Dragon, CST-100 & Dream Chaser can be accelerated.
Disconery News....
This is already spurring renewed calls to increase funding for NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) so Dragon, CST-100 & Dream Chaser can be accelerated.
Disconery News....
MYSTERY COMMS BLACKOUT BLIGHTS RETURNING ISS TRIO
Three of the International Space Station’s live-aboard staff returned to Earth Thursday night, leaving a skeleton crew in orbit until replacements arrive in mid-November.
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An unexplained communications loss left flight controllers unable to speak with the crew during the last 15 minutes of their descent. The first indication that the capsule survived its fiery plunge through the atmosphere was a series of beeps signaling components of the Soyuz had been jettisoned as planned.
Later, ground controllers picked up signals that the Soyuz’s parachutes had deployed, but it wasn’t until a Russian recovery aircraft established two-way radio communications with the crew that flight controllers knew all was well.
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Three of the International Space Station’s live-aboard staff returned to Earth Thursday night, leaving a skeleton crew in orbit until replacements arrive in mid-November.
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An unexplained communications loss left flight controllers unable to speak with the crew during the last 15 minutes of their descent. The first indication that the capsule survived its fiery plunge through the atmosphere was a series of beeps signaling components of the Soyuz had been jettisoned as planned.
Later, ground controllers picked up signals that the Soyuz’s parachutes had deployed, but it wasn’t until a Russian recovery aircraft established two-way radio communications with the crew that flight controllers knew all was well.
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