August 27, 2015
Categories: ISS, JAXA, MCC, NASA, Roscosmos, Russia, Soyuz, Space
Russian MCC to Adjust ISS Orbit

ISS reboost maneuver that has been cancelled earlier will anyhow take place on August 31, – Mission control Centre representative reported.
According to new ballistic calculations station orbit is needs to be increased before the launch scheduled for September 2, – the spokesman stated.
There are 6 crew members onboard he ISS at the present time: Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padaplka, Mikhail Korniyenko and Oleg Kononenko, American astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui.

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