MOSCOW, October 19 (AVN) - The departure of the first long-term mission for the International Space Station (ISS) is postponed from October 30 to October 31 10.53 Moscow time (0653 GMT) due to calculations of ballistics specialists, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency press service said Thursday.
The decision was taken at the enlarged meeting of the agency earlier in the day, the press service report said..
The meeting also decided on the launch of the Progress spaceship from the Baikonur state testing spaceport. It is poised for 5.20 Moscow time (o120 GMT) on Thursday, the Military News Agency learned.