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Russia inches closer to launching a crew again while NASA waits for a delivery from Germany

Russia inches closer to launching a crew again while NASA waits for a delivery from Germany

5 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/06/space_roundup/

It was another busy week in space as Russia notched up a second Soyuz success, China conducted its 32nd launch of the year and NASA awaited the arrival of its first service module for Orion.

The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, sent a GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit atop the workhorse Soyuz booster as it continued its return to flight following October's mishap. The launch, conducted on 3 November at 20:17 UTC, is the second since an ISS-bound crew found themselves enjoying an earlier-than-expected rendezvous with Earth after things went awry during staging.