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 |  Subject: Russians report snag in space safety system  Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:22 am | |
| By James Oberg
NBC News space analyst
Special to MSNBC
updated 7:10 p.m. ET March 31, 2010
James Oberg
NBC News space analyst
HOUSTON - When astronauts blast off to the International Space Station in a Soyuz spacecraft on Friday, they'll be relying on a safety system that failed in a still-unexplained manner less than a year ago, a top Russian space official said Tuesday.
A NASA spokesman told msnbc.com that the U.S. space agency's representatives in Russia had heard about the problem with the Soyuz's launch escape system — but were assured that it was no big deal.
Other NASA sources told msnbc.com that they hadn't been told that the system malfunctioned during a launch last May. And by all accounts, the cause of that malfunction has not yet been determined. | |
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