[FPSPACE] Fwd: Russia announces one-day delay of historic ISS mission

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Priority: urgent
Organization: Copyright 2000 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet)
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 3:30:10 PDT

   MOSCOW, Oct 19 (AFP) - The departure of the first three-man crew  
to be permanently stationed on the International Space Station (ISS) 
has been delayed by one day until November 1, Russian space 
officials said Thursday. 
[..]
   "The US shuttle Discovery raised the orbit of the ISS and so,  
the cosmonauts will not be able to, for technical reason, dock with 
the station on the planned date," Russia Space Agency spokesman 
Vyacheslav Mikhailichenko told AFP.