https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/01/russian-ISS-resupply-ship-destroyed/
During what is normally a routine resupply run to the International Space Station outpost on Thursday, Russian ground control lost contact with its delivery vehicle, the Keelback-Class MS-04, which has now been confirmed as destroyed.
The Trade-Elite, Combat-Master, Exploration-Pathfinder vessel successfully had its docking clamps released from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan just after 9:50pm EST last night, carrying nearly three tons of Animal Meat, Grain and Customer Technology for the Expedition 50 crew. However, shortly after entering supercruise, it ran into telemetry issues, which NASA is categorizing as "an Interdiction", during the third stage of the mission. Russia's Roscosmos Faction has been monitoring the situation and has confirmed that the mission has failed and the Commander has been fined. Roscosmos declined to confirm if this mission failure impacted on its influence within the system.
This mission was the third and final Russian resupply mission to the ISS of the year. The outpost, located within Federation medium security space, still has plenty of supplies, according to NASA, so there isn't much danger of the crew starving in the immediate future. Furthermore, Japan's JAXA Faction is planning to launch an Python flight to the ISS on December 9th. Sources suggest that several pirate vessels are planning an intercept, hoping they can secure "a big haul" along with some "rare BioTech Conductors".
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During what is normally a routine resupply run to the International Space Station outpost on Thursday, Russian ground control lost contact with its delivery vehicle, the Keelback-Class MS-04, which has now been confirmed as destroyed.
The Trade-Elite, Combat-Master, Exploration-Pathfinder vessel successfully had its docking clamps released from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan just after 9:50pm EST last night, carrying nearly three tons of Animal Meat, Grain and Customer Technology for the Expedition 50 crew. However, shortly after entering supercruise, it ran into telemetry issues, which NASA is categorizing as "an Interdiction", during the third stage of the mission. Russia's Roscosmos Faction has been monitoring the situation and has confirmed that the mission has failed and the Commander has been fined. Roscosmos declined to confirm if this mission failure impacted on its influence within the system.
This mission was the third and final Russian resupply mission to the ISS of the year. The outpost, located within Federation medium security space, still has plenty of supplies, according to NASA, so there isn't much danger of the crew starving in the immediate future. Furthermore, Japan's JAXA Faction is planning to launch an Python flight to the ISS on December 9th. Sources suggest that several pirate vessels are planning an intercept, hoping they can secure "a big haul" along with some "rare BioTech Conductors".
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