Astronaut Kelly Doubts Aborted Soyuz Flight Will Affect US-Russia Cooperation
Umer Jamshaid Published October 16, 2018 | 12:46 AM
Last week's aborted Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS) will create short-term logistical challenges but is unlikely to hinder the ability of the United States and Russia to work together in exploring outer space, US Astronaut Scott Kelly said in an interview on Monday.
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th October, 2018) Last week's aborted Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS) will create short-term logistical challenges but is unlikely to hinder the ability of the United States and Russia to work together in exploring outer space, US Astronaut Scott Kelly said in an interview on Monday.
"I don't think it will have a long term affect," Kelly said.
"In the short term it will make ISS logistics challenging."
Kelly noted Soyuz near perfect safety record as a workhorse carrying Russians, Americans and other explorers to and from outer space.
The astronaut added that emergency systems worked perfectly last week in allowing US Astronaut Nick Hague and Russian Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to break free of a failed booster and return to Earth safely.
Kelly is a veteran astronaut who commanded the ISS on three expeditions.
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