Russia announced the cause of the M-12M progressive ship incident
The cause of the incident in the progress of the M-12M cargo ship launch on the International Space Station (ISS) from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan on August 24 was due to the fuel supply pipeline for the equipment. the vitality of the third-floor engine of the Union rocket is blocked.
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In a press release on September 8, the Russian Federal Space Agency said the Intergovernmental Commission investigating the cause of the accident concluded that all phases of preparing units and systems The combination of technology and launchers as well as the launchers themselves are in accordance with the documentation.
However, on the basis of analyzing the operating parameters of the rocket's third-floor engine, it was found that the fuel supply pipe for the biogas device was blocked so that the engine's mechanism of action was disorder and lead to accidents.
The committee also recommended that there should be some additional measures to check the status of parts of new engines right in the design and manufacturing process, including the installation of surveillance cameras in the factories. motor assembly.
At present, the cargo ship Tien is the only means of transporting goods to the ISS, but Russia asserts that the incident does not affect the operation of ISS, because the station applies "three systems" - all necessities They are triple-stored as food, water, clothes, and oxygen, which are reserved for 45 days for a 6-person crew.
Currently, there are 6 astronauts on ISS, including three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese.
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