Man, I'm so glad we retired our space flight capabilities. Doesn't it make all of us warm and fuzzy having to rely on outdated Russian junk? I can't wait until SpaceX has their final test mission in November and can start doing these supply missions instead of the Russians.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/24/russian-space-ship-fails-to-reach-orbit/?test=latestnews

http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/36564197/53801744.html

But after the successful landing of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis drew the curtain on the 30-year US space shuttle program, it is now the only vehicle which can propel astronauts towards the ISS.

"From today, the era of the Soyuz has started in manned space flight, the era of reliability," the Roskosmos said in a statement.

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