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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nA Russian spacecraft is finally open to the space station after its cargo delivery was delayed by an unusual smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A robotic Progress spacecraft docked at the International Space Station as planned on Saturday (Nov. 23) after its launch on Nov. 21, but astronauts reported a strange stench coming from the vehicle that delayed unloading. WLBOTT<\/strong>, of course, sent a crew to investigate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From the ISS side, the unmistakable sound of clinking pots and a faint, cheerful hum of Russian folk music drifts through the hatch. Suddenly, two Russian astronauts, Yuri and Svetlana, appear, wearing aprons over their flight suits.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Thanks to UC#1 for bringing this breaking news to our attention.] WLBOTT, of course, sent a crew to investigate. From the ISS side, the unmistakable sound of clinking pots and a faint, cheerful hum of Russian folk music drifts through the hatch. Suddenly, two Russian astronauts, Yuri and Svetlana, appear, wearing aprons over their flight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[84,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outer-space","category-russia"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40662,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40652\/revisions\/40662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The astronauts and ISS were never in any danger as a result of the stink, NASA has stressed. The agency added on Monday that the odor “likely was outgassing from materials inside the cargo spacecraft,” but did not offer more specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\nSpace.com<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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