The Russian spacecraft cannot connect to ISS

Russia's unmanned Progress transport ship failed in an attempt to connect to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday due to an incident.

A Russian Progress ship.Photos: wired.com .

The BBC reported the Progress ship from the Baikonur space airport on June 30. It brings food, fuel, oxygen, clothing and equipment to ISS. The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announced that the first connection should have been made at 16:58 GMT yesterday (23:58 Vietnamese time), but the radio communication system serves to connect with the ISS. broken about 28 minutes earlier.

Interfax news agency quoted Alexander Skvortsov, ISS commander, saying the ship "turned uncontrollably" when it approached the station.

However, Bradi Dean, a NASA spokesperson, announced that the operation was still under control. It flies about 3 km away from the ISS at the expected connection time. About an hour later the train flew in front of the station about 6.5 km but still the same trajectory. Currently the distance between them is increasing.

The cause of the incident has not been found. The crew will not make the next connection effort today, but must wait another 48 hours for the ship and station to meet for the second time.

According to BBC, Progress transport ships have carried goods to ISS for many years and failed to connect to the station is a rare occurrence. NASA confirmed that six astronauts on ISS did not suffer any impact from the incident, because the cargo on the station was still high.