Quirks & Quarks Blog: Russian rocket crash worries NASA
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
The timing couldn't be worse for the Russian Space Agency as one of its Soyuz rockets carrying a cargo vessel to the International Space Station crashed in Siberia this past week. It's also a setback for NASA, which is reliant on Russia to ferry its astronauts to and from space now that its own shuttle program has been mothballed.