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Opportunity? >> yes, we do have some control of this vehicle, and yes, there are six people on the station at this time. and no, they are not in any danger at this time. >> well, ma'am, how does this happen? do these things happen every once in a while, just kind of a fluke event? >> this is kind of a fluke event. we normally don't have any problems with progress dockings. we dock those every few months. so this is an unusual event. >> any percentages you could put on the chance of once you make another attempt that it will be successful next time around? >> i don't have any percentages, no. >...

Have a cargo carrier, the europeans have a cargo carrier, and the russians do, as well. so it's not like they're going to run out of supplies up there. it's just important to keep everything stocked. >> all right. john, we absolutely appreciate you jumping on the line here, because you know we needed help navigating all things nasa sometimes. and you are our guy. john zarrella, good to talk to you as always. and reiterating for our audience, it was an unmanned -- an unmanned supply cargo vessel that was trying to dock, send supplies to the international space station. it missed that docking op...

Especially in light of cyprus. a ship carrying oxygen and food to the space station failed to dock and flew two miles past the target. nasa is calling it a fluke event. i want to go to john zarrella. tell us about the spacecraft. it is out of control? do we know where it is? >> no, it is not out of control, but it is basically in a docking orbit, a stationary orbit right now. it is moving further away from the space station now. it did go about two miles underneath the space station this morning when it failed to dock. what happened was that there is a docking port on the russian side, and a...