The International Space Station crew consisting of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, must have been relived to  receive the robotic Russian resupply ship, Progress 60 after the mid air explosion of Falcon9. The irony is that the last two cargo missions have been failures for the Russians while SpaceX has been consistently getting it right for the last six resupply missions using Falcon9 and Dragon.

Don’t get worried about the crew members too much, as even if the resupply missions fail they are currently stocked up for all essentials until October 2015. Plus they are just a skeletal crew of three on board as of now, as opposed to the full strength of six that the International Space Station is supposed to house. There are plans to send up three more crew members this July 22.

Cargo missions usually bring in food, water, fuel and other supplies needed by the crew. The next resupply mission is to be handled by Japan who will send in the H-2 transfer vehicle freighter around August 16. Kelly and Kornienko have finished more than a quarter of their year long space mission which is supposed to be a scientific experiment to prepare for the much longer journey to Mars that they one day hope to make.