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November 09, 2012

Russia tries easier scheme of launching spaceships
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Nov 05, 2012
Russia's second attempt to dock the cargo spaceship "Progress" to the International Space Station according to a new simplified scheme was as successful as the first one. The new scheme supposes that after being launched, a spaceship makes only 4 rotations around the Earth and docks the station in 6 hours. The first attempt to try this scheme took place in August. "Progress" is an unmanned spaceship, but Russia is planning to use this simplified scheme for manned spaceships as well. ... read more

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