Tag: Progress

  • Upgraded Progress MS docks with the ISS

    Upgraded Progress MS docks with the ISS

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    The first of the upgraded Russian Progress resupply vehicles launched atop the Soyuz 2-1A from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday at 08:44 UTC, prior to docking with the International Space Station two days later. The Progress 62 (Progress MS 431) spacecraft has brought 2.5 tons of cargo, including dry cargo, propellant, water and compressed…

  • Modernized Russian cargo ship heads for space station

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    Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Russia’s Progress supply ship got an upgrade with a successful cargo launch to the International Space Station on Monday. The Progress MS spacecraft enclosed within the Soyuz rocket’s nose shroud lifted off at 0844:39 GMT (3:44:39 a.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day chase of the International…

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    Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Russia’s Progress supply ship got an upgrade with a successful cargo launch to the International Space Station on Monday. The Progress MS spacecraft enclosed within the Soyuz rocket’s nose shroud lifted off at 0844:39 GMT (3:44:39 a.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day chase of the International…

  • Successful spacewalk frees up robot arm transporter

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake tweeted this photo of one of the spacewalkers inside the space station’s Quest airlock. Credit: NASA/ESA/Tim Peake Space station commander Scott Kelly and newly-arrived flight engineer Tim Kopra ventured outside the lab complex Monday and freed up a stalled robot arm-carrying transporter…

  • Successful spacewalk frees up robot arm transporter

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake tweeted this photo of one of the spacewalkers inside the space station’s Quest airlock. Credit: NASA/ESA/Tim Peake Space station commander Scott Kelly and newly-arrived flight engineer Tim Kopra ventured outside the lab complex Monday and freed up a stalled robot arm-carrying transporter…

  • Unscheduled spacewalk on tap Monday

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION An unexpected, quickly-planned spacewalk is on tap Monday to troubleshoot a problem preventing the International Space Station’s robot arm transporter from reaching a worksite where it can be locked down, a requirement before a Russian Progress cargo ship can dock later in the week. The Progress MS-01/62P supply…

  • Russian resupply vessel blasts off from Kazakhstan

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    Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Progress supply craft loaded with 3.1 tons of cargo lifted off Thursday from Kazakhstan, launching on a six-hour pursuit of the International Space Station culminating with a smooth docking to the research lab’s aft port. Launch occurred at 1649:40 GMT (12:49:40 p.m. EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Liftoff was timed…

  • Progress M-29M completes fast track ISS resupply run

    Progress M-29M completes fast track ISS resupply run

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    A Russian Progress resupply ship completed its six-hour trip to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday. Launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by a Soyuz-U rocket – on schedule at T-0 of 16:49 UTC – the Progress M-29M safely arrived with three tons of supplies for the orbital outpost. Progress M-27M: The latest…

  • Photos: Russian supply ship flies to space station

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    Russia’s Progress M-28M supply ship blasted off from the steppes of Kazakhstan on Friday, launching on a two-day trip to the International Space Station with critical supplies, fuel and fresh food displayed by station astronaut Scott Kelly. Packed with nearly 3 tons of cargo, including fresh water and oxygen, the resupply mission lifted off at…

  • Progress resupply mission arrives at ISS

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The Progress M-28M spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress cargo ship glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station early Sunday, bringing more than 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the lab complex. The unpiloted…