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Relive the Progress MS-09 freighter’s expedited journey to space station
Russia’s Progress MS-09 cargo craft made a 3-hour, 40-minute trip from a launch pad in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station on Monday, setting a record for the quickest journey to the orbiting research laboratory. The achievement could set the stage for less-than-four-hour rendezvous profiles for future station crews riding on Soyuz capsules. Russian engineers…
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Progress freighter completes fastest-ever trip to International Space Station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 0145 GMT (9:45 p.m. EDT) after docking. A Soyuz-2.1a booster lifted off at 2151:34 GMT (5:51:34 p.m. EDT) Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TV Roscosmos A Russian Progress resupply and refueling craft launched Monday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, riding a Soyuz booster into orbit on a…
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Russian cargo ship to try fast-track rendezvous with space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket and Progress resupply freighter are set for liftoff Monday on an accelerated, less-than-four-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station after last-minute launch scrubs prevented two similar fast-track approach attempts in recent months. The Progress MS-09 cargo craft will blast off on top of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 2151 GMT (5:51 p.m.…