SMRTR Science & EngineeringMar 23, 2026Live Science

Russian rocket en route to ISS suffers major antenna glitch, triggering remote-control astronaut 'backup plan'

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A Russian cargo spacecraft carrying 5,500 pounds of critical supplies to the International Space Station suffered an antenna malfunction after launch, preventing automatic docking as planned. Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov must now manually pilot the vessel using backup systems to complete the rendezvous Tuesday morning.

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