| | SPACE.com -- Russian Spacecraft Fails to Boost ISS into Higher Orbit |
 | | EDT (2233 GMT), and were expected to raise the ISS into an orbit that hits 224 statute miles (360 kilometers) at its highest point, a bit higher that the station's current orbital peak of 220 statute miles (354 kilometers), NASA officials said Tuesday. |
 | | But the Progress engines switched off less than two minutes into the first burn, NASA officials said, adding that there appeared to be a communications problem between the spacecraft's thrusters and Russian navigation computers, which shut down the engines as designed due to the data dropout. |
 | | Tuesday's altitude-raising maneuver was slated to place the station into the proper position for a second orbital boost later this year that would set up the ISS to receive an unmanned Russian-built cargo ship - Progress 20 - slated to launch toward the space station on Dec. 21, Navias added. |
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