Tag: Progress
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Progress M-20M arrives at ISS with spacesuit repair tools
Russia’s Progress M-20M spacecraft, known in NASA’s numbering scheme as Progress 52 (52P), launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:45 PM GMT on Saturday. The spacecraft then dock to the ISS just six hours later, delivering some vital spacesuit repair tools to the station crew. Progress M-20M: Following liftoff from the Baikonur…
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Progress M-19M docks with ISS despite antenna issue
The Russian Progress resupply vehicle that launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) two days later, despite some concerns about M-19M/51P’s KURS antenna – which failed to deploy on orbit. Progress M-19M: As per usual, an old Progress – in this case, M-17M (49P)…
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Sochi Winter Olympics torch relay to include ISS spacewalk
In what will be a truly unique event, the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games will ride up to the International Space Station on Soyuz TMA-11M in November. The simulated flame will then be taken outside of the orbital outpost during Russian EVA-36, before returning to Earth on Soyuz TMA-09M. ISS and the 2014…
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Progress M-18M docks with ISS following same day launch
A Russian Progress resupply vehicle launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:41 pm UTC on Monday, before docking at the International Space Station (ISS) six hours later. Riding on its Soyuz-U booster, Progress M-18M/50P again demonstrated the fast rendezvous option that will soon be used by crewed Soyuz missions. Progress M-18: Ahead of…
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Progress M-17M docks with ISS just six hours after launch
The Russian Progress M-17M cargo spacecraft lifted off atop a Soyuz-U booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, on its way to an accelerated docking with the International Space Station (ISS) that was completed just six hours later. The launch marks the final delivery of cargo to be made to the ISS…
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ASAP discuss plans to deorbit the ISS via the use of two Progress ships
Managers with the International Space Station Program have discussed their End Of Life (EOL) plans for the orbital outpost with NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), citing a plan to use two Russian Progress vehicles to send the Station into a destructive re-entry. However, such an event may not occur until 2028. ISS Advances: Noted…
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Progress M-16M succesfully tests new fast rendezvous with ISS
Russia’s Progress M-16M spacecraft, also known as 48P, launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday for a test of a new rendezvous profile that resulted in the Progress docking with the Station just six hours after launch. Launch was on schedule at 3:35 PM EDT/7:35 PM GMT atop the Soyuz-U booster from the…
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Progress M-15M re-docks to ISS following resolution of Kurs-NA failure
Russia’s Progress M-15M spacecraft, designated by NASA as 47P, has successfully re-docked to the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time, following its undocking one week ago. The re-docking results in the successful demonstration of the new Kurs-NA automatic rendezvous system, to be used on future Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. Kurs-NA tests: Progress M-15M/47P…
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Progress M-15M re-dock to ISS to test new antenna hardware aborted
The Russian Progress M-15M resupply spacecraft, also known by its US designation of 47P, was set to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time at 9:57 PM EDT Monday night/1:57 AM GMT Tuesday morning, in order to test a new antenna for the Kurs automated rendezvous and docking system. However, a…
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ISS returns to a six person crew following successful Soyuz TMA-05M docking
The three additional crewmembers of Expedition 32 have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), following the successful docking of their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft on Tuesday morning. Increasing the crew size to six, the Station also received an additional boost late on Tuesday, via a 19 minute firing of the ATV-3 thrusters. ISS Back to…