Progress 86 carries 2.7 tons of supplies for the ISS crew

  • Russian cosmonauts manually docked Progress 86 cargo ship to ISS after autopilot glitch
  • Cargo ship docked to Russian-built Poisk module under remote control
  • Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko used TORU system to take control of the cargo ship
  • Progress 86 carried 2.7 tons of supplies for the ISS crew
  • Cargo ship completed 37 orbits of Earth before docking

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) took manual control of the Progress 86 cargo ship after its automated rendezvous system malfunctioned. Using the TORU system, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko remotely docked the cargo ship to the Russian-built Poisk module. The cargo ship carried 2.7 tons of supplies for the ISS crew and completed 37 orbits of Earth before docking.

Public Companies: Roscosmos (N/A), SpaceX (N/A), Northrop Grumman (N/A)
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Key People: Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos cosmonaut), Nikolai Chub (Roscosmos cosmonaut), Anna Schneider (NASA spokesperson)

Factuality Level: 8
Justification: The article provides specific details about the incident, including the names of the cosmonauts involved, the system used to take control of the cargo ship, and the time and location of the docking. It also includes a quote from a NASA spokesperson confirming the manual control and recovery. The article does not contain any irrelevant or misleading information, sensationalism, redundancy, or opinion masquerading as fact. It provides accurate and objective information about the incident.

Noise Level: 7
Justification: The article provides relevant information about Russian cosmonauts taking manual control of an incoming cargo ship due to a glitch in the automated system. It includes details about the docking process and the supplies carried by the cargo ship. However, it also includes unrelated information about a Soyuz spacecraft leak and other resupply vehicles, which is not directly relevant to the main topic.

Financial Relevance: No
Financial Markets Impacted: No

Presence of Extreme Event: No
Nature of Extreme Event: No
Impact Rating of the Extreme Event: No
Justification: This news article does not pertain to financial topics and does not describe any extreme event.

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