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German Astronaut's ISS Flight Delayed
German astronaut Thomas Reiter's mission to the International Space Station is likely to be postponed to September because of delays in the launch of the US space shuttle, Russia's space agency told ITAR-TASS news agency Tuesday. "We expect that he will fly to the ISS in September when the second shuttle is sent into orbit and will return in to earth in February 2006, also with the shuttle crew," Roskosmos representative Vyacheslav Davidenko was quoted as saying. Reiter was to become the first European citizen to fly a long-term mission to the ISS in July but shuttle launches were delayed by NASA last week to avoid a repeat of the deadly 2003 Columbia disaster. Reiter has been training for the mission in a facility near Moscow since November with Russian and American astronauts who are scheduled to fly an earlier shuttle mission to the ISS. NASA officials have been cautious since determining that a stray piece of insulating foam pierced Columbia's protective outer skin on liftoff February 1, 2003, leading to its disintegration and the death of all seven astronauts on board when the damaged shuttle re-entered the earth's atmosphere. The US space agency's three other shuttles have been grounded ever since the accident. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
New ISS Crew Settle In
Houston TX (SPX) May 02, 2005The new crew members of the International Space Station completed their first full work week today. They performed routine maintenance, continued to settle in and practiced photography for the Space Shuttle Return to Flight mission (STS-114).
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