Russian space agency Roscosmos said Monday it had postponed the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft carrying members of a new crew to the International Space Station due to technical problems.
The launch of the TMA-21 was originally scheduled for March 30 from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.
"A decision has been made to postpone the launch of the TMA-21 from March 30 until a later date due to technical reasons," Roscosmos spokesman Alexander Vorobyev told reporters.
Vorobyev said that during the pre-launch testing experts discovered a glitch in the communications system installed on board the Soyuz, which was caused by a faulty capacitor.
A source in the space industry later told RIA Novosti that the launch could be carried out on April 5-7.
The spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenko, as well NASA astronaut Ronald Garan, to the ISS.
MOSCOW, March 14 (RIA Novosti)
