#progress ms-04

Progress MS-04 failure investigation prompts 3rd stage engine swaps

A Soyuz rocket launches out of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: NASA

A Russian task force has determined the Dec. 1, 2016, Progress MS-04 failure was due to a fire in the oxidizer pump in the Soyuz carrier rocket’s third stage engine, the RD-0110. This caused the pump to fail and break apart. As a result the third stage engines on the next two Soyuz rockets are being replaced. (mo…

Lost: Progress MS-04 cargo craft fails to reach orbit

Telemetry with the Progress MS-04 mission was lost 383 seconds into flight. Later reports confirmed the spacecraft did not achieve orbit. Image Credit: Roscosmos

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reported it lost the Progress MS-04 spacecraft that was delivering cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). Contact was lost with the spacecraft 383 seconds into the flight, as it was flying on…

Unknown fate of Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft after in-flight anomaly

Soyuz-U / Progress MS-04 launch. Image Credit: Roscosmos TV

Loaded with crucial supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) crew, the Progress MS-04 has launched atop a Soyuz-U booster on what was supposed to be a two-day trek to the orbital outpost. The launch was carried out at exactly 14:52 GMT (9:52 a.m. EST) from the Site 1/5 (also known as “Gagarin’s Start”) at the Baikonur…

Fourth Progress MS spacecraft to be launched to ISS

A Soyuz-U rocket with the Progress MS-04 spacecraft being erected on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo Credit: RKK Energia.

The Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft is in final preparations for its upcoming flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, Dec. 1. The vehicle will be launched atop a Soyuz-U booster at 14:52 GMT (9:52 a.m. EST) from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur…