ISS to lower altitude for arrival of Russian Soyuz spacecraft to form ballistic conditions

Russia’s state corporation has stated that International Station will reduce its altitude by 1.3 kilometres in preparation for arrival of Soyuz craft, craft will also have a crew on board. A spokesperson from Roscosmos has stated that “In order to form ballistic conditions before launch and docking of Soyuz MS-17 manned craft, next correction of ISS orbit is scheduled for October 7”.

ISS to just altitude

International Station is currently manned by Russians Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, as well as American Christopher Cassidy. Russian craft that typically carries people and supplies to and from ISS has eugh for three people. Soyuz also acts as a lifeboat for International Station. At any given time, re is always on Soyuz craft attached to ISS and in case of emergency, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard ISS can use it to get to safety.

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NASA has successfully launched a craft with nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations, techlogy demonstrations, commercial products along with cargo that includes research on cancer treatments and a “new toilet”. A rthrop Grumman Cygnus resupply craft blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 9:16 PM EDT on Friday, October 2. It reached International Station (ISS) around 5:20 AM EDT on Monday, October 5.

new female-friendly toilet that costs approximately $23 million is part of a programme to meant to handle a possible increase in number of crew members aboard ISS. UWMS demonstrates a compact toilet and urine transfer system that furr makes waste manment and stor automated.

(With ANI inputs, Im credits: ISS/Twitter)

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