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

[Dwayne Allen Day]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 dconst+@pyrrhus.cimds.ri.cmu.edu wrote:

>    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. 

This follows another slight delay that was necessitated by the fact that
the shuttle took off late.  I think it's interesting that ISS schedules
are so tight that they really have no room for "slush" in the schedule--if
a shuttle flight is delayed by a couple of days, or is more successful (in
this case) than planned, then it has an immediate effect on the next
launch.


DDAY