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Nasa confident in Russian rockets
Friday, 3 February 2012
Six astronauts will spend a few extra weeks at the International Space Station after problems with a Russian Soyuz rocket
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Nasa says it is still confident with the quality of Russian manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in the Russian space programme.
A leak developed recently during a test of the next Soyuz capsule scheduled to launch astronauts to the International Space Station.
Russian space officials have decided not to use it, delaying upcoming launches. This comes after a series of failures in unmanned Russian rockets.
Nasa relies solely on Russia to take crews to the space station.
The six crew members at the space station will now spend a few extra weeks in space.
Nasa space station manager Michael Suffredini said he still considers the Soyuz rocket the world's most reliable space system.
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