Russian ISS Cargo Launch Faces Last-Minute Hold

Mark Carreau October 12, 2017
Credit: Progress 68: NASA
HOUSTON—The planned Oct. 12 launch of the latest Progress cargo capsule to the International Station (ISS) was halted moments before liftoff at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The automated Progress MS-07, also designated Progress 68 by NASA, was to lift off at 5:32 a.m. EDT, or 3:32 p.m...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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