Soyuz Goes Ballistic
Credit: AP/WIDE WORLD
A software programming or computer error is being investigated as the cause of the Russian Soyuz TMA-1 spacecraft's unexpected shift into a ballistic, rather than the planned guided-lifting reentry mode, resulting in the Station Expedition 6 crew landing 285 mi. short of their recovery zone after an...
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