Tag: Progress
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Photos: Russian supply ship blasts off from Kazakhstan
Russia’s Progress M-26M cargo carrier lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday aboard a Soyuz rocket, climbed through clouds and into orbit, then executed an on-time radar-guided docking with the International Space Station six hours later. Photo credit: Roscosmos Photo credit: Roscosmos Photo credit: Roscosmos Photo credit: Energia Photo credit: Roscosmos Photo credit: Roscosmos…
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Soyuz rocket boosts Russian cargo craft to space station
The Progress M-26M spacecraft lifted off at 1100 GMT (6 a.m. EST; 5 p.m. local time) Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Russia launched a Progress resupply mission Tuesday heading for the International Space Station with more than 6,000 pounds of fuel, supplies and experiments to support the lab’s six-person…
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Soyuz U lofts Progress M-26M – Docks with the ISS
The latest Russian Progress cargo vehicle has docked with the ISS on Tuesday, following its launch on a fast rendezvous, six hour “launch-to-dock”, mission. Progress M-26M (58P) was lofted uphill via a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:00 UTC, ahead of an docking to the aft port of Zvezda less than…
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Russian Progress M-25M docks with the ISS
A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lofted the latest Progress resupply vehicle (M-25M) for a fast rendezvous trip to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch of the Progress – riding on a Soyuz 2-1A for the first time – occurred at 07:09 GMT on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ahead of a six…
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Russians launch Progress supply ship to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after successful docking A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with nearly 5,800 pounds of supplies and equipment needed aboard the International Space Station takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Image: NASA TV. Nine hours after a spectacular launch failure that destroyed a U.S.…
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Russian Progress M-21M re-tests new Kurs-NA system
A Russian Progress went on a short excursion this week, resulting in a redocking to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The two day free-flying trip for Progress M-21M was used to re-test the Kurs-NA system that misbehaved when the vehicle first docked to the orbital outpost last November, resulting in Oleg Kotov having to grapple…
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Progress M-23M docks with ISS following fast track launch
Just two months after the previous resupply run, another Russian Progress spacecraft launched on a fast-rendezvous mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. Progress M-23M (P55) was lofted uphill via a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:26 am EDT, ahead of docking that occurred just six hours later. Progress Mission:…
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Progress M-22M docks with ISS following fast rendezvous
A Russian Progress resupply ship launched on a fast-rendezvous mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. Progress M-22M was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday at 4:23pm UTC, ahead of docking, just six hours later. Progress Launch: The Progress rode to orbit on the Soyuz-U rocket,…
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Oleg Kotov manually docks misbehaving Progress M-21M
The Progress M-21M resupply vehicle was manually docked with the ISS, following an extended trip in space towards its arrival on Friday. The vehicle was tasked with testing a more-efficient KURS automated rendezvous system. However, the system failed at 60 meters distance from the Station, requiring a rare manual docking that was ably completed by Commander…
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Bringing down the ISS – Plans for Station’s demise updated
The latest meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) was briefed on an updated action plan pertaining to the End Of Life (EOL) scenario for the International Space Station (ISS). The plan for a destructive deorbit of the Station is required in the event of a serious contingency resulting in the evacuation of the…