Progress Probe Delays ISS Crew Return, Next Launch

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An ongoing investigation into a failed Progress mission to the International Space Station will postpone both the return of three people currently on the station and . the launch of their replacements, NASA announced May 12. American astronaut Terry Virts, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov were scheduled to depart the station in the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft docked there May 13. Their departure is now planned for early June, NASA announced. Three new ISS crew members-American astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko-had been scheduled to launch on the Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft May 26. That launch is now planned for late July, NASA said. Specific dates for both the crew return and crew launch will be announced "in the coming weeks," the agency said in a May 12 statement.