U.S. Fears Delays in Space Station Work
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Construction of the international space station, scheduled to begin with a Russian flight in November, could be delayed once again because the Russian space program is broke. The Russians had said previously they were eight months behind on a service module that was scheduled to be launched in April 1998. But statements made in Moscow by Yuri Koptev, head of the Russian Space Agency, indicated the Russians may not be able to meet their date for launch of a guidance and control module.
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