Progress Loss Blamed On Soyuz 3rd stage O2 Tank Issue

Credit: Soyuz MS-01 launch: NASA
HOUSTON—Roscosmos, Russia’s federal space corporation, has identified a possible breach of the Soyuz-U rocket third stage oxygen propellant tank as the cause of the Dec. 1 premature high-altitude separation and breakup of the Progress MS-04 cargo capsule. The capsule was bound for the six-person...

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