Russia's space agency said Saturday it was planning to send a rescue ship on February 24 to bring home three astronauts whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid.
Last Monday,a Russian supply ship docked at the ISS, the Progress MS-21 [identified by NASA as Progress 82P]Earlier on Saturday, the Russian space agency said that chief designers had now recommended that the launch of the rescue ship be set for 03:34 am on February 24.Now a state commission has to sign off on the new date.
The Roscosmos official told AFP that the state commission was widely expected to approve the new launch date. The Progress supply ship will be deorbited on February 19, the space agency said in a separate statement.
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