Kourou (AP) - The European Space Shuttle, "Johannes Kepler" must take a second attempt for his flight to the International Space Station. The first launch attempt was aborted in the night to Wednesday.
A sensor reported shortly before the end of the countdown to a lot of liquid oxygen into the tanks of the Ariane 5 launcher
Then start the test was terminated automatically. In the many spectators who wanted to watch the spectacle of a platform, five kilometers away, there were long faces. Late on Wednesday evening there will be at the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, a new attempt.
The astronauts aboard the ISS have to wait longer now. Will bring you the unmanned supply ship more than seven tons of equipment and food, including private mail, chocolate, canned fish and fresh clothing.
It is the 200th Start an Ariane 5 Of all the anniversary flight there were problems. The leaders of Arianespace, the company operating the rocket bore the failed attempt to start but with text. The work will attempt to re-start with 90 percent certainty, said a spokesman. Clock at 18.50 local time (22.50 German time clock) to lift the rocket. If all goes well, it is the freighter type ATV settle for about an hour later at an altitude of 260 kilometers in space.
Expected in eight days, ie on 24 February is, fix the transporter in the Russian part of the space station. The same day, actually also the launch of a space shuttle was planned. But a danger that it becomes close to the space station does not exist. The U.S. space agency NASA has announced that the shuttle until 25 Starting in February, when the Ariane actually takes off on Wednesday.
The German astronomer Johannes Kepler, named after the space shuttle is to remain in orbit until early June. Several times he will raise the ISS in time, as they steadily lose altitude. After about three and a half months, the astronauts the freighter laden with garbage. On his way back to Earth, he will burn up control over the South Pacific.
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