Tag: Progress
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Russian resupply freighter poised for launch to International Space Station
Continuing support of the International Space Station amid the coronavirus pandemic, Russian teams transferred a Soyuz rocket to a launch pad in Kazakhstan on Wednesday in preparation for liftoff Friday (U.S. time) with a Progress resupply freighter. Adorned with a commemoration to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, the…
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Roscosmos Continues Pre-launch Preparations for the Progress MS-14 Spacecraft
Preparations for the flight of Progress MS-14 are continuing inside its Baikonur facility. Work included checkouts of the vehicle’s solar array panels and fueling of the spacecraft. Roscosmos is targetting the launch of the resupply mission to the ISS on April 25. The Progress (spelled “Прогресс” in Russian) spacecraft has been a workhorse resupply spacecraft…
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Progress docking marks second cargo ship arrival at space station in two days
The Progress MS-13 spacecraft moves in for docking Monday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now An automated Progress cargo freighter docked with the International Space Station Monday to deliver 2.7 tons of supplies, fuel, water and oxygen to the orbiting research complex. The Progress MS-13 spacecraft concluded a three-day pursuit of the…
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Russian cargo freighter on the way to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket climbs into the sky Friday over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-13 supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos For the second time in less than 24 hours, a robotic resupply freighter departed Earth Friday for the International Space Station, this time aboard a Russian Soyuz booster launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
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Soyuz rocket set to launch Russian Progress freighter to space station
A Soyuz-2.1a booster is set to launch the Russian Progress MS-13 cargo freighter Friday to the International Space Station. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian resupply and refueling freighter loaded with 2.7 tons of cargo, propellant, water and oxygen for the International Space Station is in position on a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
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Progress cargo freighter lifts off, reaches space station hours later
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after launch and docking. The Progress MS-12 supply ship approaches the International Space Station on Wednesday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now A Russian Progress cargo freighter lifted off Wednesday from Kazakhstan on top of a Soyuz-2.1a booster and completed a record-breaking 3-hour, 19-minute pursuit of the International Space Station with an automated docking to…
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Soyuz booster rolls out to launch pad with space station refueling freighter
Packed with nearly 3 tons of rocket fuel, water, oxygen and crew provisions, the Russian Progress MS-12 supply ship and its Soyuz booster arrived at a launch pad Sunday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, moving a step closer to liftoff Wednesday on a fast-track three-hour flight to the International Space Station. The automated supply…
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Progress cargo freighter docks with space station after fast-track rendezvous
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1445 GMT (10:45 a.m. EDT) Thursday after a successful docking. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Progress MS-11 resupply ship. Credit: Energy A Russian Progress resupply and refueling freighter launched Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on top of a Soyuz booster.…
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Progress MS-11 docks to the ISS; Station supplies in good shape
Roscosmos’ Progress MS-11 uncrewed resupply mission to the International Space Station launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The first Russian resupply mission to the Station of 2019 launched at 07:01:35 EDT (1101:35 UTC) on a two-orbit, super fast-track rendezvous profile with the Station. Progress MS-11 then performed an automated…
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International partners making progress on ISS funeral plans
International Space Station (ISS) partners are making progress, but are still waiting for a complete deorbit plan for the orbital outpost, to be used in the event of contingency event or during its eventual End Of Life (EOL) scenario. The plan is being led by Roscosmos, which is expected to call for at least two Progress…