Russia Postpones Soyuz MS-02 ISS Mission Launch Over Short Circuit Glitch

© REUTERS / Shamil ZhumatovThe Soyuz MS spacecraft carrying the crew of Kate Rubins of the U.S., Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia and Takuya Onishi of Japan blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, July 7, 2016.
The Soyuz MS spacecraft carrying the crew of Kate Rubins of the U.S., Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia and Takuya Onishi of Japan blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, July 7, 2016. - Sputnik International
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The launch of Russia's new series Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft scheduled for September 23 was delayed due to a technical fault involving a short circuit that was revealed during a test, a space industry source told RIA Novosti on Saturday.

Baikonur - Sputnik International
Roscosmos Postpones Launch of Soyuz MS-02 Over Technical Reasons
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The September 23 launch was due to take two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) for the next Expedition 49 mission.

"Preliminary data revealed that a short circuit occurred while testing the new series Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, docked to a carrier rocket, at Baikonur. The date of the new launch will be announced later, but the launch is unlikely to take place before the beginning of October, 2016," the source said.

The Expedition 48 was taken to the ISS on board the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft.

The Soyuz-MS series is the latest upgrade of the long-serving Soyuz spacecraft with improved communication and navigation systems.

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