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Next Manned Launch to ISS May Be Carried Out Ahead of Time

Russian Aviaton » Thursday October 11, 2018 18:14 MSK

Due to the heavy load on the current crew of the International Space Station (ISS), the next manned launch may be carried out ahead of time, but only after the investigation of the current Soyuz accident has ended, a source at the Baikonur space center told Sputnik on Thursday.

"There will be an attempt to carry out the next launch by mid-November, it will take place ahead of schedule. Three people remain on the ISS, this is ineffective," the source said.

Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who made an emergency landing after the Soyuz booster failure, will not take part in the next launch to the International Space Station (ISS), a source told Sputnik.